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Jan Florian 1897 - 1942

Born 24.11.1897 in Brno
Died 7.5.1942 in Mauthausen

Jan Florian attended the First Czech State Grammar School in Brno. After gaining his school leaving certificate he was called up to the Austro-Hungarian army and fought on the Italian front in the ... read more

Mieczysław Szczukowski 1921 - 1942

Born 10.12.1921 in Tczew, Polen
Died 3.10.1942 in Mauthausen

Mieczysław Szczukowski was born on December 10, 1921 in Tczew (in German: Dirschau), Poland. His parents' names were Anna and Jan Szczukowski. He was one of six siblings; he had four sisters, ... read more

Josep Miret Musté 1907 - 1944

Born 14.4.1907 in Barcelona
Died 17.11.1944 in Wien

 Josep Miret Musté was born on 14 April 1907 to a working-class family in Barcelona, which had moved from the rural district of Tarragona to the Catalan capital. He learned the art of ... read more

Живан Бркић / Živan Brkić 1924 - 1944

Born 12.12.1924 in Kragujevac
Died 20.1.1944 in Gusen

Živan Brkić was born 121.12.1924. in Kragujevac, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He was a member of Yugoslavian Royal Army. His roots comes from Serbian Orthodox family, from father Milovan Brkić and mother So ... read more

János Lukács 1884 - 1945

Born 25.4.1884 in Budapest
Died 24.2.1945 in Mauthausen

János Henrik Lukács was the elder son of József Lukács and Adél Wertheimer and the brother of György Bernát Lukács – communist philosopher ... read more

Dino Francini 1898 - 1945

Born 2.7.1898 in Firenze
Died 17.1.1945 in Gusen

Dino Francini had lost his young wife Bianca in 1929 when she died shortly after giving birth. Their two children, a two and a half year-old boy and a thirteen day-old girl, remained with their ... read more

Piotr Budzyński 1896 - 1945

Born 24.6.1896 in Kijany
Died 28.2.1945 in Gusen

Before the war, Piotr Budzynski lived at the old town square of Warsaw, Poland. He was sent to Mauthausen concentration camp from Warsaw, Poland in September 1944 during a round-up. Family: His ... read more

Alfredo Vezzani 1885 - 1945

Born 16.1.1885 in Firenze
Died 24.4.1945 in Mauthausen

My great-great grandfather Alfredo Vezzani was working for Breda company in those years and was taken prisoner in 1944 and died in the camp of Mauthausen. He was born in Florence 16 January 1885 ... read more

Louis de Pauw 1896 - 1945

Born 20.7.1896 in Opwijk
Died 10.5.1945 in Mauthausen

Louis de Pauw was arrested for anti-Nazi activities by the Gestapo Brussels on 4 March 1943. He was arrested at prison St. Gillis from 7 March 1943 until 5 April 1943 and at prison Gestapo HUY from 7 ... read more

Martin Vrijens 1908 - 1942

Born 5.7.1908 in Kanne
Died 20.12.1942 in Gusen

Martin Vrijens was a teacher at St-Jansschool in Waterschei / Genk / Limburg. From 1929 he taught in that school, in the beginning, the French-speaking children of the 1st and 2nd academic year. He ... read more