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Enric Curia Gatius 1911 - 1942

Born 15.2.1911 in Rosselló
Died 28.1.1942 in Gusen

Enric was born on 15 February 1911 in Rosselló (Lleida). Burn marks on his face, caused by an accident, enabled him to avoid military service in 1932. He worked as a machinist in the J. Trepat ... read more

Bogusław Dąbrowski 1909 - 1944

Born 11.9.1909 in Warszawa
Died 2.12.1944 in Gusen

In 1944 Bogusław Dąbrowski was 35 years old and left his wife and his two young sons. He used to work in the stocking factory in Warsaw. After the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising on 1 August 1944 (in ... read more

Hugo Bein 1919 - 1941

Born 31.12.1919 in München
Died 11.7.1941 in Mauthausen

Father: Arthur Bein, born in Augsburg, 11.02.1887, died in Sobibor extermination camp, 02.07.1943 Mother: Flora Bein-Wolf, born in Ichenhausen, 11.05.1891, died in Sobibor extermination camp, ... read more

František Škopek 1912 - 1942

Born 20.4.1912 in Dřešín
Died 22.5.1942 in Mauthausen

František (christened Vojtěch) Škopek was born on 20 April 1912 in Dřešín, district Strakonice, Austria-Hungary. He spent all his childhood here, in the beautiful region o ... read more

Jean Blum 1922 - 1943

Born 8.4.1922 in Nancy
Died 27.1.1943 in Mauthausen

Imprisonment, Sentencing, Deportation Jean Blum was born in 1922 in Nancy. In 1940 he was a pupil at the Poincaré Grammar School in Nancy. From June 1940 onwards, Nancy was located in the ... read more

Jan Tkocz 1886 - 1945

Born 29.8.1886 in Chwałowice
Died 28.2.1945 in Gusen

Jan Tkocz was born on 29 August 1886 in Chwałowice in Poland. He was the head of the heroic Tkocz family whose uncrushable resistance to German occupation during the Second World War is widely ... read more

Ildefonso Nalda Nájera 1876 - 1941

Born 23.1.1876 in Tricio
Died 4.4.1941 in Gusen

Ildefonso Nalda Nájera was born in 1876 in Tricio, a town in the Spanish province of Longroño (today the La Rioja autonomous community). In 1936 when already 60 years old, he was still ... read more

Sándor Fleischmann 1909 - 1945

Born 12.2.1909 in Šurany
Died 8.2.1945 in Gusen

Sándor was born to Aron Fleischman and his wife Filipka in 1909. He was the second child in the family of a tailor and a dressmaker. There were six children born between 1906 and 1915. Their ... read more

Hugo Samkalden 1906 - 1943

Born 18.2.1906 in Idi
Died 15.3.1943 in Mauthausen

Hugo Samkalden was one of the four children of Joseph Samkalden and Debora de Beer. He spent his early years on Sumatra, where he father worked for the Dordtsche Petroleum Maatschappij (Dordtsche Oil ... read more

Elie Talle 1902 - 1945

Born 10.7.1902 in Saulzet
Died 30.4.1945 in Schuls

His father Pierre was a domestic servant, his mother Marie, née Bost, did not work. Elie Talle completed his military service from 13 November 1922 to 7 May 1924 with the 6th Group of the ... read more