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Antoni Ruczko 1906 - 1941

Born 10.6.1906 in Suwałki
Died 19.8.1941 in Hartheim

Antoni Ruczko lived in the small city of Sejny in Poland. He worked as a shoemaker. He had a wife, Anastasia, and two children – son Zdzisław and daughter Stanisława. He was arrested b ... read more

Bolesław Mellerowicz 1894 - 1941

Born 23.7.1894 in Żychów
Died 21.9.1941 in Gusen

Bolesław Mellerowicz, Catholic, Polish, well respected lawyer, loving husband and father of two daughters. My Father was born in 1894 in Poland under Russian domination (Poland was partitioned by ... read more

Ragnvald Konrad Hansen 1909 - 1945

Born 20.9.1909 in Oslo
Died 21.2.1945 in Melk

Ragnvald Konrad Hansen was born on 20 September 1909 in Oslo, Norway. His parents were Sverre Konrad Hansen (born on 26 November 1885 in Oslo) and Viktoria Amanda Hansen (maiden name Bolmer, born on ... read more

Leopold de Hulster 1899 - 1944

Born 19.9.1899 in Saint-Servais
Died 22.12.1944 in Gusen

Léopold de Hulster was born on 19 September 1899 in Seraing, Belgium. He came from a humble background, left school after primary school and worked at several different trades. He was a miner, ... read more

Aroldo Signori 1915 - 1945

Born 27.10.1915 in Caldana
Died 27.2.1945 in Ebensee

After emigrating from Italy in flight from Mussolini’s Fascism, Egidio and Guglielma Signori settled in the mining town of Homécourt (department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, France) with their ... read more

Angelo Giuseppe Biffi 1909 - 1945

Born 11.6.1909 in Villa d'Adda
Died 2.5.1945 in Gusen

Angelo Giuseppe Biffi was the eldest of four children from a peasant family. Following the sudden death of his father, Angelo had to support his mother and three siblings from his wages. With the ... read more

Хризан Бугаенко / Chrisan Bugaenko 1910 - 1945

Born 5.4.1910 in Mytniza
Died 7.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Bugaenko Chrisan Filipovich was born on 5 April 1910, in Mytnytsia village, Vasilkovsky district, Kiev region. Nationality Ukrainian. Married, wife: Bugaenko Anastasia Savvovna (born on 7 January ... 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

Бoка Дурмишевић / Baka Durmisević

Born 1909 in Slišane
Died 28.2.1944 in Mauthausen

Baka Durmisevic had four daughters and a son when he was taken from Serbia with his younger brother Rama who was not married then. Thankfully Baka has descendants today. Baka is my great ... read more

Ivan Godec 1921 - 1944

Born 27.10.1921 in Trbovlje
Died 17.3.1944 in Redl-Zipf

Ivan (Johann) Godec was a very enigmatic personality and still many questions concerning his personality remain unanswered. He was trained as an electrician or an engineer. After schooling, he was ... read more