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Ildefonso Nalda Nájera 1876 - 1941

Born 23.1.1876 in Tricio
Died 4.4.1941 in Gusen

Ildefonso Nalda Nájera was born in 1876 in Tricio, a town in the Spanish province of Longroño (today the La Rioja autonomous community). In 1936 when already 60 years old, he was still ... read more

Piotr Kucemba 1898 - 1945

Born 26.7.1898 in Warszawa
Died 19.5.1945 in Ebensee

Piotr Jakub Kucemba was born in Warsaw. He married on Zofia Kucemba (nee Rachaus), with whom he had two children – son Bogdan Kucemba, also concentration camp prisoner (Groß Rosen, ... read more

Giovanni Battista Daly 1898 - 1944

Born 24.6.1898 in Prato
Died 28.6.1944 in Hartheim

Giovanni Battista Daly born in Prato, Italy on June 24th, 1898, a laborer and father of six. He was captured in the area called “Il Pino” in Prato while on a bicycle searching for his son ... read more

Rufin Penne 1903 - 1945

Born 25.12.1903 in Aspelare
Died 30.1.1945 in Gusen

Rufin Penne was born on 25 December 1903 in Aspelaere and died on 30 or 31 January 1945 in Gusen (number 97494). He was a director at the Ministry of Education in Brussels. During the war he was an ... read more

Jaroslav Písko 1923 - 1945

Born 13.6.1923 in Doudleby
Died 3.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Jaroslav Písko was the uncle I never met, also killed in Mauthausen was my grandfather Jan Písko who was survived by my father Jan Písko. Grandpa was not even entered in a ... read more

Edouard Lemire 1910 - 1943

Born 15.10.1910 in Hénin-Lietard
Died 17.1.1943 in Gusen

My grandfather Lemire Edouard was French. He got married in February 1931 to Angèle Delmarre been born on 17 January 1909, of their union was born my father Gérard on 30 January 1936. ... read more

Иван Алексеевич Мишин / Iwan Alexeewitsch Mischin

Born 1912 in Nowyj Krjaschim / Machalino
Died 15.11.1942 in Gusen

My grandfather Michail Grigorevich Matvienko, a sergeant in the 117th Rifle Division, was reported missing in action near Gomel in mid-September 1941. For some years now, I have been trying, without ... read more

Stanisław Makowski 1894 - 1940

Born 17.5.1894 in Podgaje, Sancygniów
Died 24.10.1940 in Gusen

Born in Podgaje, Sancygniów, Poland. Son of Władysław and Bronisława residing in Poland, Gąbin, pl. Piłsudskiego, Masovia Province.Employee of a notary‘s office. Married, five children. H ... read more

Alf Wager 1898 - 1944

Born 28.7.1898 in Oslo
Died 28.12.1944 in Gusen

Alf Wager was born on 28 July 1898 in Kristiania, later Oslo. He was the son of Sina and Herman Wager and had six sisters and a brother. Alf was educated at the Norwegian Technical University, where ... read more

Ernesto Venegoni 1899 - 1945

Born 19.8.1899 in Legnano
Died 27.3.1945 in Linz

I am sending you a letter from Mr. Boccaccio from Turin to my grandmother Giuseppina, in which he describes my grandfather Ernesto’s final days. I am also sending a photograph of my grandfather ... read more