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Renato Pedrini 1913 - 1945

Born 22.11.1913 in Torino
Died 9.4.1945 in Mauthausen

A radiologist by profession, Renato Pedrini moved from Turin to La Spezia, where his wife lived, and bought a photographic supplies shop in the city’s Migliarina district, going on to become a ... read more

Wacław Ołdakowski 1896 - 1945

Born 10.11.1896
Died 25.1.1945 in Gusen

Wacław Ołdakowski, son of Tadeusz and Marianna, was born in Krzeczkowo Mianowskie on 10 November 1896. He went to a school in Rosochate Kościelne. Prior to the First World War he attended a Varsovian ... read more

Franz Paul Erath 1913 - 1940

Born 19.12.1913 in Dunningen
Died 11.2.1940 in Mauthausen

Franz Paul Erath came into the world in Dunningen in the district of Rottweil as the seventh of ten children, of whom five died shortly after birth. In 1923, his parents Anna and Franz Xaver moved ... read more

Κωνσταντίνος Χιωτέρης / Konstantinos Chioteris 1906 - 1944

Born 20.2.1906 in Elioli
Died 13.12.1944 in Melk

Ο Κωνσταντίνος Χιωτέρης, του Δημητρίου &k ... read more

Władysław Kamiński 1894 - 1944

Born 26.11.1894 in Chodorążek
Died 17.7.1944 in Mauthausen

Władysław Kamiński was born in Chodorążek near Lipno on 26. November 1894. He orphaned six children (three daughters and three sons) and widowed his wife. He was a farmer in the Ławki settl ... read more

Andrea Lorenzetti 1907 - 1945

Born 26.5.1907 in Ancona
Died 17.5.1945 in Gusen

Andreas Lorenzetti was born into a humble family. His father was a sales representative and his mother a housewife. At the age of 16 he graduated as a bookkeeper and immediately went to work in a ... read more

Francisco Sánchez López 1907 - 1942

Born 22.3.1907 in Posadas
Died 9.1.1942 in Gusen

He was born on 22/03/1907 in Posadas (Córdoba, Spain). He was a day labourer. For three years he fought to defend Republican democracy until, in February 1939, he had to flee to France to ... read more

Rudolf Hösl 1903 - 1945

Born 15.2.1903 in Wien
Died 4.3.1945 in Hinterbrühl

  Over a quarter of all Austrians deported to Mauthausen concentration camp were so-called career criminals. During the harsh early period of the camp they were its only group of prisoners, and ... read more

Петр Иванович Карев / Petr Iwanowitsch Karew 1887 - 1944

Born 29.6.1887 in Talabsk / Salit
Died 3.8.1944 in Hartheim

Petr Ivanovich Karev was born on 29 June 1887. He lived with his family on Talabsk Island in Lake Pskov. A fisherman by profession, he wove nets for catching fish. In 1941 he was deported to the ... 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