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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

Jean-Marcel Pilet 1925 - 1945

Born 2.10.1925 in St-Ciers-de-Canesse
Died 20.2.1945 in Melk

 BORN ON 2 OCTOBER 1925 IN ST CIERS DE CANESSE (33) - FRANCE HE IS THE YOUNGEST OF A FAMILY OF THREE BOYS AND TWO GIRLS   ON 2 NOVEMBER 1943, in resistance to the STO (Service ... read more

Miguel Bueno Gil

Born 1873 in Moros
Died 18.8.1944 in Hartheim

Originally from the province of Zaragosa, Miguel worked in Andalusia, where he came into contact with the libertarian movement and the union Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT). Between ... read more

Hijman Lelie 1878 - 1942

Born 12.1.1878 in Amsterdam
Died 9.7.1942 in Mauthausen

Hyman Lelie had two sons (Herman and Ed) and one daughter ("zus"). Born in Amsterdam, he moved to The Hague, where he worked with his brother in selling car attributes and materials. Before that, he ... read more

Stanisław Górecki 1914 - 1945

Born 15.9.1914 in Młynek
Died 18.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Stanisław Górecki was born in a small village called Młynek, situated not far from Gidle (close to Czestochowa, Poland). He lived in a village called Sciegny, close to Kamiensk, in the Lodz c ... read more

Maarten Marynis 1914 - 1945

Born 12.11.1914 in Noordwijk
Died 20.2.1945 in Gusen

Maarten Marynis was a police officer and married to Paulina Johanna van Venetien. He was a member of the Dutch underground resistance.   Magda Jacobs-Ultee, niece; Karoline van Doorn, ... read more

Mieczysław Klepacz 1923 - 1945

Born 13.1.1923 in Brójce
Died 7.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Mieczysław was the son of Anna and Joseph Klepacz. He was born on 13 January 1923 in Brójce. He had two brothers and a sister. In September 1938 Mieczysław Klepacz started attending a private g ... read more

Lucien Truffy 1904 - 1945

Born 31.3.1904 in St-Savin-de-Blaye
Died 23.4.1945 in auf dem Todesmarsch bei Steyr

The two deportees Lucien Truffy and Georges Mazoyer were Communist activists whose deportation followed the same route and who always, as becomes clear in the testimony written by Georges Mazoyer in ... read more

Józef Buchna 1896 - 1941

Born 30.7.1896 in Kęty
Died 27.9.1941 in Gusen

Josef Buchna (train conductor), born in Großkatz (today Kęty), district Neustadt, West Prussia, was the son of Emil Buchna and his wife Juliane Buchna, nee Wolschen. Lothar Böling, ... read more

Василий Андреевич Игумнов / Wasilij Andreewitsch Igumnow 1912 - 1944

Born 1.1.1912 in Pensa
Died 20.5.1944 in Gusen

Vasily Andreevich Igumnov was born in the village of Chekashovi Polyanki in the Insarsky district of Penza oblast into the peasant family of coppersmith and master boilermaker Andrei Petrovich ... read more