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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

Павел Константинович Трегубов / Pawel Konstantinowitsch Tregubow 1904 - 1945

Born 18.8.1904 in Tschugan
Died 3.1.1945 in Hartheim

Pavel Konstantinovich Tregubov was born on 18 August 1904 into a poor peasant family in the village of Chugan in the Sulaevsky municipality of the Vyatsky district of the Vyatka oblast (in what is ... read more

Alexander Katan 1899 - 1943

Born 18.11.1899 in Rotterdam
Died 27.1.1943 in Gusen

Alexander Katan was born and lived in Rotterdam, Netherlands. He was the son of Israel Marcus Katan and Celli van Gelderen. He worked in several roles as a kantoorbediende (clerk), including that of ... read more

Chiel Bruhand 1897 - 1945

Born 4.6.1897 in Wieliczka
Died 24.1.1945 in Mauthausen

Chiel Bruhand was born in Wieliczka, Poland, just outside of Krakow on 4 June 1897 to Brucha. He had at least one brother, Benjamin. He lived in Krakow and was a successful engineer. He built ... read more

Hartog Cohen 1890 - 1941

Born 5.10.1890 in Zutphen
Died 23.10.1941 in Mauthausen

Introduction Hartog Cohen was arrested on 9 October 1941, 51 years old. Being a Jew and as a political opponent of the German national socialism he was deported to the Mauthausen concentration camp ... read more

Michał Cieślar 1898 - 1940

Born 5.7.1898 in Wiśle
Died 15.9.1940 in Gusen

Michał Cieślar was a teacher and social activist. He graduated from the Protestant teachers’ seminary in Bielsko. His began his first job in 1909 at a primary school in Górki Wielkie. A ... 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

Joan Pinsach Palomeras 1916 - 1941

Born 29.10.1916 in San Julián de Ramis
Died 21.11.1941 in Gusen

Joan was the second of five children of the couple Pinsach Palomeras, based in Sarrià de Ter. He was born in Sant Julià de Ramis on October 29, 1916. The father, Salvador Pinsach ... read more

Hermann Karrasch 1897 - 1945

Born 21.12.1897
Died 23.3.1945 in St. Valentin

Hermann Karrasch was born in Bolejny (deutsch: Bolleinen), Kreis Osterode, to parents Johann Karrasch and Eva, née Grybowski. Johann Karrasch was an Eigenkätner in Bolleinen. He served in ... read more

Sylwester Bukowski 1907 - 1942

Born 28.12.1907 in Środa
Died 30.12.1942 in Gusen

Sylwester Bukowski was a radio technician at the Radio Poznań and was arrested in Poznań in 1939. Piotr Bajdek, great-grandson read more