Miguel Sánchez Medina 1915 - 1942
Born 6.9.1915 in Mengíbar
Died 12.1.1942 in Gusen
He was born on September 6, 1915, in Mengíbar (Jaén, Spain). He was a farmer and single. In Spain, he volunteered for the Republican mixed brigades once the Civil War broke out. After ... read more
Ludwik Mirocha 1897 - 1942
Born 25.8.1897 in Stryszów
Died 18.7.1942 in Gusen
He served in the Peasant Battalion, branch of the Home Army, created by People’s Party. He left five children orphaned. Kacper Biłko, great-great-grandson (2025) read more
Thorvald Markus Thorkildsen 1901 - 1945
Born 5.12.1901 in Mandal
Died 14.3.1945 in Ebensee
Thorvald Markus Thorkildsen, born on 5 December 1901 in Mandal, lived in Flekkefjord. He was married to Emmy Johanne Kvarø, born on 26 December 1909. They had three children: Arne, born on 12 ... read more
Александр Петрович Еланский / Alexandr Petrowitsch Elanskij 1920 - 1941
Born 10.10.1920 in Matweewki
Died 27.11.1941 in Mauthausen
Alexandr Petrovich Elansky was born on 10 October 1920 in the village of Matveevka in today’s Staromainsky region of the Ulyanovsk oblast. Before the war he and his father were living in the ... read more
Johann Gruber 1889 - 1944
Born 20.10.1889 in Tegernbach
Died 7.4.1944 in Gusen
THE NIGHT IN WHICH WE LIVE Life and death of the secular priest Johann Gruber He has been called a saint; Papa Gruber, the angel who gives hope to the prisoners. While the majority look ... 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
Gyula Rieger 1889 - 1942
Born 11.12.1889 in Sered
Died 22.6.1942 in Mauthausen
Dr. Gyula (Julius) Rieger lived and worked as a local medical practitioner in Grinzing, Vienna. He had a son, Gert Rieger, who fled Austria in 1938 and became a 16 year old refugee in Australia after ... read more
Antonín Prokeš 1889 - 1941
Born 12.6.1889 in Praha
Died 21.12.1941 in Mauthausen
Antonín Prokeš was an agricultural economist and sociologist of rural regions. He was born into a metalworker’s family. He had two sisters and one brother and married ... read more
Yaakov Lev Weiss 1889 - 1945
Born 15.10.1889 in Poľana / Polyana
Died 10.1.1945 in Melk
From a letter from Martin Weiss, 29 December 2014: ‘I am gladdened that you are pursuing this long neglected but important project. Sadly, I cannot give you any names since I forgot their ... read more
Ján Ollárek 1915 - 1945
Born 21.1.1915 in Záhorská Bystrica
Died 10.4.1945 in Mauthausen
Ján Ollárek, born 21 January 1915 in Záhorská Bystrica, Slovakia. By profession a teacher, during World War II an officer of the Slovak Army. For participation in the ... read more
