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Marcel Callo 1921 - 1945

Born 6.12.1921 in Rennes
Died 19.3.1945 in Mauthausen

  Marcel Callo was born on 6 December 1921 in Rennes in France and died on 19 March 1945 in the so-called ‘infirmary camp’ by Mauthausen concentration camp, following a long period ... read more

Stanisław Proczko 1902 - 1941

Born 29.7.1902
Died 10.9.1941 in Gusen

Stanisław Proczko was born in Lipine on 29 July 1902. He followed a military training and graduated cum laude (with honors) in 1924 as under-officer. He was married to Leokadie. After the coup in ... read more

Edilio Signori 1914 - 1945

Born 14.4.1914 in Caldana
Died 22.4.1945 in Ebensee

After emigrating from Italy in flight from Mussolini’s Fascism, Egidio and Guglielma Signori settled in the mining town of Homécourt (department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, France) with their ... read more

Борис Георгиевич Балаев / Boris Georgiewitsch Balaew 1907 - 1944

Born 25.8.1907 in Pensenskaja obl., Kusnezkij r.
Died 26.4.1944 in Mauthausen

Balaew was second lieutenant and platoon commander of the 65th tank regiment, 12th Guards Rifle Corps. On 28 May 1943, in command of a tank T-34 with the objective to seize the village Onufrievo, ... read more

Jan Marks 1906 - 1940

Born 2.12.1906 in Płock
Died 25.11.1940 in Gusen

Jan Marks, husband of Stefania née Żochowska, father of Waldemar (born 1933) and Benicjusz (born 1935). Employed as a clerk at the Polish Social Security Bureau in Warsaw. Arrested at work in ... read more

Manuel Sariñena Esparel 1915 - 1941

Born 3.6.1915 in Barcelona
Died 2.9.1941 in Gusen

In recent years – both through our research work and through contact with relatives of victims of the National Socialist regime – we have become witnesses to genuine family dramas of the ... 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

Bogusław Dąbrowski 1909 - 1944

Born 11.9.1909 in Warszawa
Died 2.12.1944 in Gusen

In 1944 Bogusław Dąbrowski was 35 years old and left his wife and his two young sons. He used to work in the stocking factory in Warsaw. After the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising on 1 August 1944 (in ... read more

Felicjan Murawski 1909 - 1941

Born 1.8.1909 in Gaj
Died 21.9.1941 in Hartheim

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Paweł Zygowski 1912 - 1940

Born 17.6.1912 in Danzig / Gdańsk
Died 8.12.1940 in Mauthausen

Pawel (Paul) Zygowski was my great-grandfather's uncle. The Zygowski family lived in Langfuhr, Danzig as well as the surrounding areas from as far back as the 1880s. The attached card sent to Paul's ... read more