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Josep Miret Musté 1907 - 1944

Born 14.4.1907 in Barcelona
Died 17.11.1944 in Wien

 Josep Miret Musté was born on 14 April 1907 to a working-class family in Barcelona, which had moved from the rural district of Tarragona to the Catalan capital. He learned the art of ... read more

Franz Andresiak 1898 - 1940

Born 16.1.1898 in Wesseln
Died 15.2.1940 in Mauthausen

Franz Andresiak (Andrysiak) was my Opa. Married to my Omi, Louise nee Kulling. His son Peter Burchard Andrysiak is my father. Peter was three years old when his father died. I do know that my ... read more

Angelo Valagussa 1922 - 1945

Born 24.6.1922 in Cernusco Lombardone
Died 14.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Angelo Valagussa was born in a farmhouse on property belonging to the noble Ancarani family. He spent his childhood and his years of primary education in the countryside. Then he moved to the Affori ... read more

Czesław Podbielski 1900 - 1940

Born 20.6.1900 in Żyłowo
Died 12.9.1940 in Mauthausen

Czesław Podbielski was a professional soldier serving in 1939 in Border Gard in Katowice. Right before the war has started, his wife and three little daughters were evacuated to his distant family ... read more

José Durán Martori 1901 - 1942

Born 25.9.1901 in Mataró
Died 10.1.1942 in Gusen

José Durán Martori was a venerable Spanish republican. He used to run his own barber shop in Mataró when Franco invaded Barcelona. He moved with urgency to France with his wife ... read more

Adolf Kozłowski 1920 - 1942

Born 7.6.1920 in Konieczno
Died 4.5.1942 in Gusen

Adolf Kozłowski was the son of Jan Kozłowski and Julia Kozłowska (nee Ruszkowska), stepbrother of Irena, Julian and Kazimierz (children of Julia Kozłowska and Stanisław Kozłowski, brother of Jan). A y ... read more

Władysław Szarlej 1915 - 1945

Born 24.8.1915
Died 12.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Władysław Szarlej was the son of Peter Szarlej and Stanislawa Szarlej, brother of Aniela, Bronislawa and Bogdan Szarlej. He was captured in Warsaw, Poland, with his fiance’s family (Jewish), w ... read more

Kazimierz Wróblewski 1909 - 1944

Born 14.5.1909 in Adamów
Died 2.3.1944 in Mauthausen

Loving husband of Irena and father of three small children Danuta, Sylwester and Krystyna was taken away from his home at night in Adamowo and never came back. He will always be remembered by his ... read more

Sándor Sichermann 1898 - 1945

Born 20.5.1898 in Cigánd
Died 24.5.1945 in Wels

Lawyer Sándor Sicherman, Sajószentpéter. He graduated from law academies in Kassa and Miskolc. From 1916 to 1918, he served in the 32nd army regiment. He started practicing law ... read more

Hugo Samkalden 1906 - 1943

Born 18.2.1906 in Idi
Died 15.3.1943 in Mauthausen

Hugo Samkalden was one of the four children of Joseph Samkalden and Debora de Beer. He spent his early years on Sumatra, where he father worked for the Dordtsche Petroleum Maatschappij (Dordtsche Oil ... read more