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Aleksander Dobrowolski 1888 - 1940

Born 14.2.1888 in Warszawa
Died 19.12.1940 in Gusen

Catholic, Engineer, Polish Nationalist. Sons Tadeusz Dobrowolski and Zbigniew Dobrowolski, daughter “Lala” Dobrowolski. Son TadeusDobrowolski is thought to have been killed in Polish ... read more

Margit Gross 1922 - 1945

Born 1.11.1922 in Jászfényszaru
Died 20.5.1945 in Mauthausen

Margit Gross was born on 1 November 1923 in Jászfenyszaru. Her parents were Jeanette Feldmann (1888–1944) and Mihaly Gross (1883–1944) from Aszod, who were both murdered in ... read more

Leopold Franciscus Dael 1907 - 1945

Born 12.9.1907 in Venlo
Died 1.3.1945 in Mauthausen

The brothers Jan and Leo Dael came from a large Catholic family. Leopold Dael Sen. and his wife Helena Maassen had nine children: four boys and five girls. Leopold was an energetic and successful ... read more

Emilie Baumanová 1916 - 1942

Born 17.2.1916 in Horoušany u Prahy
Died 24.10.1942 in Mauthausen

History of the Bauman Family Břetislav Bauman was born on 3 December 1905 and was the son of Jan and Anna Bauman. In 1911 he started to attend the local mixed primary school, which had two ... read more

Augustinus Herreman 1885 - 1945

Born 16.11.1885 in Sint-Niklaas
Died 10.1.1945 in Gusen

1. His story Augustinus Herreman, born on November 16, 1885, was a native of Hamme and was known as “Stin, the dyer”. In 1908 he married Célestine Vereecken and the couple had 3 ... read more

Marzell Leeb 1893 - 1940

Born 1.1.1893 in Gnesau
Died 1.11.1940 in Gusen

Marzell Leeb was the son of the carpenter Johann Leeb and his wife Maria. From 1905 Leeb attended the grammar school in Bolzano, later and k.k. State Upper Grammar School in Klagenfurt, before being ... read more

Claus Martini Lehland 1904 - 1945

Born 13.11.1904 in Grimstad
Died 2.3.1945 in Melk

Claus Martini Lehland from Grimstad in Sørlandet (Southern Norway) was born on 13 November 1904. He was the son of a ship’s captain, Kristen Lehland, and the town’s first female ... read more

Francisco González Reche 1917 - 1941

Born 11.8.1917 in El Chirivel
Died 25.12.1941 in Gusen

Francisco was a cheerful, modern and advanced young man of his time, being the most beautiful person with an outgoing and cheerful heart. For his youth and his most progressive ideals, he went ... read more

Wilmos Wolf Weiss 1895 - 1945

Born 23.4.1895 in Rónafalu / Schboriwzi
Died 22.5.1945 in Hörsching

The town in which I was born was Nagyszőllős.[1] It was in Czechoslovakia, when I was born, and then became Hungary in 1939. I was a very happy and somewhat innocent and naïve boy. I lived in a l ... read more

Edward Nowak 1913 - 1945

Born 13.12.1913 in Sosnowiec
Died 4.4.1945 in Gusen

Edward Nowak was born on 13 December 1913 in Sosnowiec, Poland. He worked at the coal mine “Zbyszek” in Trzebinia. He was married with four sons, and his wife Matylda was pregnant with ... read more