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Artur Berger 1914 - 1945

Born 3.3.1914 in Niederzissen
Died 12.5.1945 in Gusen

ARTUR or ARTHUR BERGER 1914 to 1945 Arthur Berger was born in Niederzissen, Ahrweiler (district), Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany on 3 March 1914 to Julius Berger (1883-1918) and Josefine Eggener ... read more

Jerzy Ostrowski 1897 - 1942

Born 9.1.1897 in Chodel
Died 27.11.1942 in Gusen

Jerzy Zbigniew Ostrowski, a Polish novelist, published amongst others ‘Obok życia’, ‘Sobieradek’, ‘Sztandar na maszcie’,  ‘Chorągiew na dachu’, & ... read more

Antanas Gutauskas 1894 - 1945

Born 25.5.1894 in Wyłkomierz / Ukmergė
Died 16.1.1945 in Ebensee

Antanas Gutauskas was Lithuanian origin. He had a wife and three children: Leonas, Jonušas and Regina when he was captured by Germans in Poland as he was a pilot and a mechanic in Polish Air ... read more

Jan Mrzyk 1899 - 1943

Born 4.4.1899 in Międzyrzecze Dolne
Died 14.11.1943 in Gusen

Jan Mrzyk was born on 4 April 1899 in Międzyrzecze Dolne in the municipality of Jasienica, Bielski district. He was the son of Jan and Stanisława Mrzyk who lived in Międzyrzecze Dolne. He went on to b ... read more

Silvio Luigi Agostino Chouquer 1914 - 1945

Born 27.6.1914 in Fontainemore
Died 7.1.1945 in Gusen

Silvio Luigi Agostino Chouquer was the son of Louis, who in turn was the son of Isidore, a peasant, and Célestine Marthyn, daughter of Josef, also a peasant; he himself was a peasant and ... read more

Francisco González Reche 1917 - 1941

Born 11.8.1917 in El Chirivel
Died 25.12.1941 in Gusen

Francisco was a cheerful, modern and advanced young man of his time, being the most beautiful person with an outgoing and cheerful heart. For his youth and his most progressive ideals, he went ... read more

Jan Jebavý 1908 - 1942

Born 10.5.1908 in Brno
Died 1.10.1942 in Mauthausen

Born in the Brno suburbs of Žabovřesky as the only son of Bohumila and Rudolf Jebavý (a close relative of the poet Otokar Březina, 1868–1929), Jan was educated at the classical grammar sc ... read more

Edmund Bursche 1881 - 1940

Born 17.7.1881 in Zgierz
Died 25.7.1940 in Gusen

The pastor Prof. Edmund Bursche was born on 17 July 1881 in Zgierz and was a Polish Protestant theologian and church historian. He was the son of the pastor Ernest Wilhelm Bursche and the ... read more

Aroldo Signori 1915 - 1945

Born 27.10.1915 in Caldana
Died 27.2.1945 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

Jan Karczewski 1901 - 1942

Born 16.5.1901 in Montowo
Died 31.10.1942 in Gusen

From the life and work of Jan Karczewski 1901 Born in Montów, in the Lubawa poviat (today the Nowe Miasto poviat) in the working family of Teofil Karczewski, on 16 May, Jan was born, a ... read more