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Angelo Valagussa 1922 - 1945

Born 24.6.1922 in Cernusco Lombardone
Died 14.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Angelo Valagussa was born in a farmhouse on property belonging to the noble Ancarani family. He spent his childhood and his years of primary education in the countryside. Then he moved to the Affori ... read more

Abilio Álvarez Bernardo 1916 - 1942

Born 25.6.1916 in Olelas (Entrimo)
Died 2.2.1942 in Hartheim

He was born on 25 June 1916 in Olelas, a small Galician village in Entrimo council in Ourense. Olelas is very close to the border which unites Galician and Portuguese people. His parents were ... read more

Jožef Kokot 1923 - 1944

Born 18.9.1923 in Horní Ves
Died 25.9.1944 in Mauthausen

Jožek Kokot was born in 1923 in Oberdorf / Gornja vas as the eldest son of Jožef Kokot, who came from Sv. Vid near Grobelno (in present-day Slovenia), and his wife Magdalena Buksbaum. The family l ... read more

Dante Spallanzani 1907 - 1945

Born 9.8.1907 in Genova
Died 31.1.1945 in Melk

Dante Spallanzani born on 9 August 1907 in Sampierdarena (Genoa), lived in Milan in Viale Lombardia 11 and worked at Caproni. He was arrested on 11 March 1944, deported to Mauthausen (matriculation ... read more

Wacław Prokop 1896 - 1941

Born 2.8.1896 in Wróblew
Died 27.4.1941 in Gusen

After my grandmother’s death I found a letter from KZ Mauthausen about her father and my great-grandfather Wacław Prokop among family memories. When I was a school girl my grandmother told me ... read more

Κωνσταντίνος Χιωτέρης / Konstantinos Chioteris 1906 - 1944

Born 20.2.1906 in Elioli
Died 13.12.1944 in Melk

Ο Κωνσταντίνος Χιωτέρης, του Δημητρίου &k ... read more

Andrew Kalitka 1920 - 1944

Born 24.1.1920 in Lawrence, Massachusetts
Died 29.2.1944 in Gusen

Andrew Kalitka was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA, on 23 Jan 1920, to immigrant Ukrainian parents, Dymytro and Rozalia (Levitsky) Kalitka. In 1929, Dymytro and Rozalia returned from America ... read more

Eusebio Crespo Díaz 1908 - 1942

Born 26.9.1908 in Torrecampo
Died 2.2.1942 in Gusen

Born on 26/09/1908 in Torrecampo (Córdoba, Spain). He was a day labourer. He was enlisted in the Infantry Carabinieri Corps and belonged to the 103rd Mixed Brigade as a ... 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

Sándor Rátkai

Born 1869 in Subotica
Died .5.1945 in Mauthausen

Sándor Rátkai, born 1869 in Szabadka/ Subotica (current day Serbia) Died in May 1945, in Mauthausen Occupation: opera and operetta singer After several years of working as a singer, ... read more