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Добривоје Маринковић / Dobrivoje Marinković 1889 - 1942

Born 23.10.1889 in Trnjane
Died 10.12.1942 in Gusen

Dobrivoje Marinković was born on 23 October 1889 as the fourth child of Leposava and Petar Marinković in the villace of Trnjane near Aleksinac. In 1909 he completed training as a theology teacher in P ... read more

Bolesław Kapela 1891 - 1942

Born 7.7.1891 in Wągrowiec
Died 30.12.1942 in Mauthausen

Bolesław Kapela, son of Ludwik and Leokadia (maiden name Burkiewicz), was born on 7th July 1891 in Wągrowiec (Wongrowitz in German). After graduating from college he became a printer and seal e ... read more

Raffaello Giolli 1889 - 1945

Born 3.4.1889 in Alessandria
Died 6.1.1945 in Gusen

At a time when freedom was worth nothing, Raffaello Giolli was an indomitable intellectual. Born in 1889 in Alessandria, he showed an interest in art already very early on; while still at school he ... read more

Giacomo Menasce 1922 - 1945

Born 11.6.1922 in Ródos
Died 25.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Giacomo Menasce: The Uncle We Never Knew Jaco Menashe (Giacomo Menasce in Italian) was born on 11 June 1922 on the island of Rhodes in the Aegean Sea. His parents were Isaac Menashe and Reina ... read more

Emil Kumhala 1913 - 1941

Born 26.7.1913 in Dollnstein / Dollstein
Died 22.12.1941 in Mauthausen

My grandfather Emil Kumhala lived in Brno. He had a child and a wife. He was not Jewish. He had a grocery store and sold food to everybody including Jews. That’s why they took him to ... read more

Józef Kubica 1904 - 1941

Born 4.8.1904
Died 4.10.1941 in Gusen

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Àngel Artola Casals 1903 - 1941

Born 2.8.1903 in Sant Hilari Sacalm
Died 12.8.1941 in Gusen

Àngel Artola Casals was a Catalan teacher and victim of Nazism, born on August 2, 1903 in Sant Hilari Sacalm (region of La Selva, Girona) and died on August 12, 1941 in the Gusen concentration ... read more

Stanisław Bieńkowski 1915 - 1945

Born 16.8.1915 in Teresław
Died 4.2.1945 in Ebensee

Stanisław Bieńkowski was born on 16 August 1915 in Teresław (Mazovian voivodeship) to Jan Bieńkowski and Anna Zagórska. His siblings were Ewa, Adam and Władysław. As a young man, he moved to Wa ... read more

Kozma Nushi 1909 - 1945

Born 15.6.1909 in Vuno
Died 23.1.1945 in Gusen

Kozma Nushi was born in Vuno, Albania. He lived in Lyon (France) and returned to fight for freedom and against Fascism. Kozma Nushi was taken prisoner in 1944 and deported to Mauthausen. He was ... read more

Giovanni Bortoloso 1912 - 1945

Born 29.5.1912 in Schio
Died 22.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Giovanni Bortoloso ran a book shop and stationers of the same name on the Piazzi Rossi in Schio. When he was dismissed from his army medical examination due to a handicap to his leg, he joined the ... read more