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Camille Israel 1910 - 1945

Born 16.5.1910 in Luxembourg
Died 29.4.1945 in Ebensee

Camille Israel was born on 16 May 1910 in Luxembourg. He was a bookkeeper and fled on the day of the German invasion, on 10 May 1940, to France. There he lived in Montignac-sur-Vézère ... read more

Charles Dainville 1915 - 1945

Born 30.1.1915 in Strépy-Bracquegnies
Died 6.1.1945 in Gusen

REPORT FROM THE MOUVEMENT NATIONAL BELGE (HAINAUT): During the Occupation he developed the MNB (Mouvement National Belge) in the region (of La Louvière) then in the sector then in the zone ... read more

Karel Welzel 1901 - 1941

Born 10.4.1901 in Náchod
Died 17.12.1941 in Mauthausen

Together with his younger brother František (born 1903), Karel Welzel was co-owner of the shipping company Sebastian Welzel und Söhne. They owned a fuel depot next to the main station in ... read more

Juan Serrano Bruno 1913 - 1942

Born 21.7.1913 in Mengíbar
Died 3.1.1942 in Gusen

He was born on July 21, 1913, in Mengíbar (Jaén, Spain). He was a day laborer by profession and married to Petra Galán Arenas. In the Spanish Civil War, he belonged to the 24th ... read more

Zygmunt Dybiec 1921 - 1945

Born 6.11.1921 in Warszawa
Died 4.3.1945 in Gusen

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

Albert Vincent 1919 - 1944

Born 9.1.1919 in Resteigne
Died 17.11.1944 in Gusen

Memorial for Albert Vincent on the wall of the chapel of his village Belvaux (Resteigne, Belgium). Rik Verhelle read more

Àngel Artola Casals 1903 - 1941

Born 2.8.1903 in Sant Hilari Sacalm
Died 12.8.1941 in Gusen

Àngel Artola Casals was a Catalan teacher and victim of Nazism, born on August 2, 1903 in Sant Hilari Sacalm (region of La Selva, Girona) and died on August 12, 1941 in the Gusen concentration ... read more

René Lhuillier 1925 - 1944

Born 20.4.1925 in Pexonne
Died 23.12.1944 in Melk

René Lhuillier was born on 20 April 1925 in Pexonne, Lorraine, France. He was a baker by trade. He and his father were among the 112 hostages who were captured during the raid on Sunday, 27 ... read more

Cane Çaço 1897 - 1944

Born 13.4.1897 in Tragjas, Vlorë
Died 25.12.1944 in Gusen

Cane Çaço was a former local police officer and businessman who owned a bakery in Vlorë, Albania. Because of that, he used to secretly feed the partisans who were fighting to ... read more

Antoni Ignaczak 1906 - 1945

Born 13.6.1906 in Kalisz
Died 12.1.1945 in Melk

Antoni Ignaczak was born on 13 June 1906 in Kalisz. Husband of Katarzyna Ignaczak, father of Zofia Ignaczak. He was farmer until September 1939 when he was taken to Molschleben and forced to work as ... read more