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Diego Biagini 1894 - 1944

Born 19.4.1894 in Prato
Died 8.4.1944 in Mauthausen

Diego Biagini was an anti-Fascist and his convictions led him to participate in the general strike at the beginning of March 1944, which had been called in Prato and other Italian cities. The result ... read more

Fritz Hirsch 1888 - 1942

Born 11.5.1888 in Mannheim
Died 10.6.1942 in Gusen

Fritz Hirsch was an actor and director of the Fritz Operetta Theatre in Holland. Patricia Hirsch (Goldberg), great-niece read more

Zachariasz Lesz 1892 - 1945

Born 28.5.1892 in Piotrków
Died 7.1.1945 in Melk

Zachariasz Lesz was the son of Szmuel Jakob Lesz and Ruchla Laja Lesz. Zachariasz’s true name was Szbasia Zachariasz Lesz, b. 28 May 1892 in Petrikau, Polen. He was an uncle to Jack Budkowski ... read more

Aron Szlama Horowicz 1905 - 1945

Born 15.4.1905 in Radom
Died 15.1.1945 in Gusen

Aron Szlama Horowicz was born in Radom, Poland on 15 april 1905 to Chazkiel Horowicz and Liba Huma Horowicz (nee Gelbard). He was the oldest of six children surviving to adulthood. Two brothers died ... read more

Christian Decker 1905 - 1943

Born 5.6.1905 in Düren
Died 25.3.1943 in Mauthausen

Christian Decker was the son of Johann Decker (unskilled worker) and Anna Sibilla Decker, nee Breuer. Lothar Böling, Bertram-Wieland-Archiv für die Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung e.V., ... read more

Henri Levin 1908 - 1945

Born 5.5.1908 in Wilno / Vilnius
Died 30.3.1945 in Ebensee

The life of Henri Levin/Lewin has been rebuilt by a class of the International French Lyceum of Vilnius, in Lithuania, where he is born. The class was part of the French project "Convoi 77", about ... read more

Otto Kende 1912 - 1945

Born 19.3.1912 in České Budějovice
Died 10.5.1945 in Mauthausen

Otto Kende was born Otto Kohn, son of Josef (born on 27 July 1882 in Volyně) and Helena, née Schladnichová (born on 26 August 1888 in České Budějovice). According to the archives ... read more

Юрий Анатольевич Бабошин / Jurij Anatolijewitsch Baboschin

Born 24.12.1920 in Weliki Ustjug / Вели́кий У́стюг
Died 1944 in Mauthausen

The Soldier's Story My grandfather's elder brother, Yuri Anatolievich Baboshin (Jurij Anatolijewitsch Baboschin), was born on December 24, 1920, in Veliky Ustyug, Vologda Region, USSR. In ... read more

Јован Годић / Jovan Godić 1924 - 1945

Born 13.3.1924 in Kamenare
Died 5.5.1945 in Gusen

Jovan “Jova” Godić was born in village Kamenare, near city of Kruševac. His parents had twelve children. One child died shortly after birth. He was fourth child and second son of ... read more

Stanisław Stecki 1905 - 1942

Born 10.2.1905 in Krosno
Died 29.7.1942 in Gusen

Stanisław Michał Stecki, diminutively called "Stachurek" - was born in Krosno, a city in south-eastern Poland. He was the third child of Tadeusz and Franciszka, de domo Zielińska. The older siblings a ... read more