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Михаил Александрович Акимов / Michail Alexandrowitsch Akimow 1920 - 1944

Born 23.2.1920 in Leningrad / Sankt-Peterburg
Died 25.9.1944 in Mauthausen

Michail Alexandrovich Akimov was born on 23 February 1920 in Leningrad. After completing eight years of general schooling he trained as a cutter in the Factory and Works’ School of Mechanical ... read more

Jan Kazimierz Tryuk 1912 - 1943

Born 28.2.1912 in Pabianice
Died 8.7.1943 in Mauthausen

After finishing primary school, Jan Kazimierz Tryuk attended the state ‘Jędrzy Śniadecki’ grammar school in Pabianice, from which he graduated on 7 June 1932, going on to higher education ... read more

Antonio Díaz Rodríguez 1906 - 1941

Born 14.9.1906 in Alcanadre
Died 31.10.1941 in Gusen

He was born in Alcanadre, Spain, married to Juana Aguirre and with three daughters - Antonia Díaz (born 1931), Begoña Díaz (born 1933), and Magdalena Díaz (born 1935). ... read more

Лазар Сладоје / Lazar Sladoje 1900 - 1945

Born 14.4.1900 in Obalj
Died 15.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Lazar Sladoje was born in 1906 in Obalj to Djuro and Gospava Sladoje. He had three brothers and two sisters. He lived in Obalj for his whole life. After being caught in a Serb resistance group in ... read more

Wilhelm Roser 1905 - 1943

Born 4.7.1905 in Nürnberg
Died 20.1.1943 in Steyr

Wilhelm ‘Willi’ Roser was the third of the four children of Johann Andreas Roser and Luise Roser, née Manold. His father is listed in the baptismal register of Nuremberg’s ... read more

Francisco González Reche 1917 - 1941

Born 11.8.1917 in El Chirivel
Died 25.12.1941 in Gusen

Francisco was a cheerful, modern and advanced young man of his time, being the most beautiful person with an outgoing and cheerful heart. For his youth and his most progressive ideals, he went ... read more

Luigi Cortile 1898 - 1945

Born 8.4.1898 in Nola
Died 9.1.1945 in Melk

Marshal Major in the Guardia di Finanza (Financial Guard)[1] Enlistment: 21 February 1917, as a guard. Training course at the school for non-commissioned officers in Caserta after the First World ... read more

Kazimierz Dybiec 1919 - 1945

Born 15.7.1919
Died 8.5.1945

Stanisław Dybiec lived with his family at 24 Rybaki Street in Warsaw. He owned a horse-drawn carriage company, which was seized in September 1939. In 1940 he founded his own shipping company and also ... read more

Manuel Lucas Martínez 1919 - 1942

Born 3.12.1919 in Alhama de Almería
Died 26.1.1942 in Gusen

Manuel Lucas Martínez was born in Alhama de Almería on 3 December 1919. At the young age of 17, he was enlisted in the army voluntarily to defend the legitimate government of the ... read more

Antonio Ruedas Gómez 1905 - 1941

Born 5.6.1905 in Cuevas del Almanzora
Died 29.7.1941 in Gusen

He was married to Rufina Gomez Perez and they lived in Barcelona with their six children, Mariana, Tomas, Francisca, Jose, Gabriela and Juan. He left his home and his family when the Francoist ... read more