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Владислав Дзяд / Wladislaw Dsjad 1904 - 1944

Born 31.3.1904 in Lwow / Lwiw
Died 18.2.1944 in Klagenfurt

The Soviet concentration camp prisoner Vladislav Dzyad (Mauthausen prisoner number 36127) was registered ‘dead’ on 18 February 1944. His name appears in the book of the dead at the ... read more

Georg Bautler 1904 - 1943

Born 7.1.1904 in Cham (Oberpfalz)
Died 9.9.1943 in Mauthausen

Georg Bautler was born on 7 January 1904 in Cham.[1] A single man, he later lived in Munich at 48 Schwanthalerstraße and worked in business. The 32-year-old was probably arrested by the Munich ... read more

Karel Hašler 1879 - 1941

Born 31.10.1879 in Praha
Died 22.12.1941 in Mauthausen

Karel Hašler was born on 31 October 1879 into a working-class family in Praha-Zlíchova. He learned the trade of a glove maker but the theatre became his passion. He worked extensively ... read more

Hans Friedemann 1907 - 1943

Born 17.10.1907 in Kastellaun
Died 12.1.1943 in Gusen

‘Hansi’, as our mother called her brother Hans Friedemann, was only mentioned in passing in the family. Things like, ‘he was a kleptomaniac, went round in women’s ... read more

Camille Gaignage 1908 - 1945

Born 27.12.1908 in Marilles
Died 12.3.1945 in Mauthausen

My father, Camille Gaignage, was born on 27 December 1908 in 1350 Marilles (Orp-Jauche, Belgium). After finishing compulsory education at the main school in Jodoigne he worked alongside his father, ... read more

Giovanni Battista Daly 1898 - 1944

Born 24.6.1898 in Prato
Died 28.6.1944 in Hartheim

Giovanni Battista Daly born in Prato, Italy on June 24th, 1898, a laborer and father of six. He was captured in the area called “Il Pino” in Prato while on a bicycle searching for his son ... read more

Valentín Collado Fernández 1916 - 1941

Born 11.11.1916 in Mata (La)
Died 13.11.1941 in Gusen

Valentin and Gregorio Collado Fernández were my grandmother's brothers. My grandmother died three years ago, she was the last of her siblings alive. She always told us about their story and ... read more

Liborio Baldanza 1899 - 1945

Born 2.8.1899 in Geraci Siculo
Died 3.4.1945 in auf dem Todesmarsch von Hinterbrühl nach Mauthausen

At the age of 16, Liborio Baldanza began work at the Cantieri Navali Riuniti wharf in Palermo and started attending the technical night school in the city. One year later, however, he had to leave ... read more

José Aragón Muñoz 1904 - 1941

Born 19.4.1904 in Murcia
Died 30.7.1941 in Gusen

José Aragón Muñoz was born in Murcia (Spain) on 19 April 1904. Around 1927 he arrived in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, in the province of Barcelona (Spain), where his siblings Juana ... read more

Karl Rupitsch 1910 - 1944

Born 17.11.1910 in Mühlbach
Died 28.10.1944 in Mauthausen

Karl was the youngest of seven siblings and became a widower and father of four early on. In 1936 he sold his mountain farm in Mühlbach and went to work in a sawmill in Goldegg. Because of a ... read more