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Cichoń Lepiocha 1905 - 1941

Born 30.11.1905 in Jeszkowice
Died 9.12.1941 in Hartheim

Cichoń Lepiocha was a podoficer (sergeant) of Straż Graniczna (border guards) in the Pomorski Inspektorat Okręgowy (Pomeranian District Inspectorate). He and his wife lived in Lubocino. He left be ... read more

Владислав Дзяд / Wladislaw Dsjad 1904 - 1944

Born 31.3.1904 in Lwow / Lwiw
Died 18.2.1944 in Klagenfurt

The Soviet concentration camp prisoner Vladislav Dzyad (Mauthausen prisoner number 36127) was registered ‘dead’ on 18 February 1944. His name appears in the book of the dead at the ... read more

Michele Rossini 1901 - 1944

Born 13.6.1901 in Ruvo di Puglia
Died 22.4.1944 in Ebensee

Michele Rossini was born on June 13, 1901 in Ruvo di Puglia, Italy. During the '20s, he moved to Turin and worked at the FIAT-Ferriere Piemontesi factories. Despite the fascist regime's persecution, ... read more

Wladimir Signori 1925 - 1945

Born 29.7.1925 in Auboué
Died 2.3.1945 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

Miguel Bueno Gil

Born 1873 in Moros
Died 18.8.1944 in Hartheim

Originally from the province of Zaragosa, Miguel worked in Andalusia, where he came into contact with the libertarian movement and the union Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT). Between ... read more

Ivan Godec 1921 - 1944

Born 27.10.1921 in Trbovlje
Died 17.3.1944 in Redl-Zipf

Ivan (Johann) Godec was a very enigmatic personality and still many questions concerning his personality remain unanswered. He was trained as an electrician or an engineer. After schooling, he was ... read more

Herbert Julius Pollak 1917 - 1941

Born 17.4.1917 in Wien
Died 17.10.1941 in Mauthausen

Herbert Julius Pollak was the son of a couple from Prague, authorized officer (‘Prokurist’) Dr. Fritz Pollak (1890-1942, official at the car manufacturer Škoda) and his wife Ella ... 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

Józef Nowak 1890 - 1940

Born 2.1.1890 in Jasienica
Died 22.8.1940 in Gusen

Polish policeman from Bielsko, and soldier of WWI. Escaped Russian captivity and went through Siberia to return to his beloved country, Poland. When WWII began, he was proposed a post in the Silesian ... read more

Stanisław Renz 1894 - 1942

Born 24.4.1894 in Bednary
Died 26.12.1942 in Gusen

Stanisław Renz was born on 24 April 1894 in Bednary (Poznań poviat), son of Michał and mother Józefina, née Firlejkowa. He graduated from the elementary school in Wronczyn. Until the a ... read more