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Jānis Nevidovskis 1901 - 1944

Born 26.3.1901 in Pēternieki
Died 19.5.1944 in Gusen

Jānis Nevidovskis was soldier in Latvian army till the Soviet occupation in 1940. After that, in 1942, Jānis became a member of resistance movement Latviešu Nacionālistu savienība (Latvian nat ... read more

Jan Wolf 1908 - 1941

Born 13.6.1908 in Turek
Died 21.7.1941 in Gusen

His father was called Leonard Wolf, who died in 1939 and is buried in the Zbyszewski plot in the main cemetery of Turek. Leonard Wolf's headstone mentions Jan Wolf.   Georges Zbyszewski read more

Wilhelmus Wilschut 1893 - 1945

Born 8.12.1893 in Utrecht
Died 31.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Wilhelmus Wilschut worked, from December 1912 onwards, as a Dutch psychiatric nurse in the Willem Arntsz Huis in Utrecht, a medium large city at the heart of The Netherlands. The asylum was built ... read more

Josef Wittmann 1889 - 1940

Born 11.11.1889 in Lappersdorf
Died 26.3.1940 in Mauthausen

Josef Wittmann served in WWI. He had no natural children, but did have three stepchildren with his marriage to Emma Schadewitz Delion: Irene Delion, Maria (Maya) Delion, and Heinz ... 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

Philippe Marquis 1895 - 1945

Born 18.7.1895 in Luxembourg
Died 27.2.1945 in Melk

The printer Philippe Marquis was born on 18 July 1895 in Luxembourg. He lived with his wife, Marguerite Grethen, and their three children in Weimershof. On 14 July 1944 the whole family was forced to ... read more

Giacomo Menasce 1922 - 1945

Born 11.6.1922 in Ródos
Died 25.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Giacomo Menasce: The Uncle We Never Knew Jaco Menashe (Giacomo Menasce in Italian) was born on 11 June 1922 on the island of Rhodes in the Aegean Sea. His parents were Isaac Menashe and Reina ... read more

Велибор Ћирковић / Velibor Ćirković 1901 - 1943

Born 3.10.1901 in Atenica
Died 7.4.1943 in Großraming

Velibor Ćirković was Serbian from central Serbia city Cacak (village Atenica). He was member of JVuO (Jugoslovenska Vojska u Otadzbini – Yugoslav army in the fatherland) also known as C ... read more

Aleksander Dobrowolski 1888 - 1940

Born 14.2.1888 in Warszawa
Died 19.12.1940 in Gusen

Catholic, Engineer, Polish Nationalist. Sons Tadeusz Dobrowolski and Zbigniew Dobrowolski, daughter “Lala” Dobrowolski. Son TadeusDobrowolski is thought to have been killed in Polish ... read more

Imra Colić 1888 - 1943

Born 29.8.1888 in Slobodnica
Died 16.10.1943 in Mauthausen

Imra Colić (29 August 1888, Slobodnica-16 October 1943, Mauthausen) was a bell ringer in a village of Slobodnica. In 1943, his bell ringing was confused by the German Army as an inside job to warn ... read more