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Vittorio Benzi 1927 - 1945

Born 22.3.1927 in Vinchio
Died 22.3.1945 in Gusen

Vittorio Benzi (prisoner number 115373), marked as a partisan through his participation in a mission in Mombercelli and categorised as dangerous, was arrested by the Nazi Fascists on 3 December 1944 ... read more

Bruno Sbriz 1923 - 1945

Born 17.9.1923 in San Vito al Tagliamento
Died 6.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Bruno Sbriz was enlisted in the Granatieri di Sardegna’s Regiment. After 8 September, he joined the partisan XIV Brigata Osoppo Friuli; on 6 January 1945, Bruno was arrested by the Germans at ... read more

Robert Gaston Viry 1924 - 1943

Born 23.7.1924 in Plainfaing
Died 13.12.1943 in Wiener Neudorf

After completing primary schooling, Robert Viry decided to work as a weaver. The apprentice had never left Plainfaing, where he lived in the rue Noiregoutte. On 11 May 1943, after a tipoff had ... read more

Henri Eischen 1885 - 1945

Born 18.5.1885 in Hemstal
Died 21.2.1945 in Mauthausen

Henri Eischen was born on 18 May 1885 in Hemstal (Luxembourg). He was a factory worker. On 25 April 1944 Henri and his wife Marie were taken into custody for assisting a deserter. First he was held ... read more

Erling Rudolf Anthonsen 1900 - 1945

Born 30.7.1900 in Oslo
Died 16.1.1945 in Melk

Erling Rudolf Anthonsen was born on 30 July 1900 in Oslo. He was the youngest of eight siblings. His mother died when he was just two years old. He grew up in the Kampen district of Oslo, where he ... read more

Franc Galičič 1914 - 1943

Born 10.10.1914 in Hotovlja
Died 6.4.1943 in Gusen

Franc Galičič, born October 10 1914, was the third child and the first son of Janez Galičič, born October 15 1884. In 1910, Janez took over his father’s farm in Hotovlja near Poljane, a village ... 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

Louis de Pauw 1896 - 1945

Born 20.7.1896 in Opwijk
Died 10.5.1945 in Mauthausen

Louis de Pauw was arrested for anti-Nazi activities by the Gestapo Brussels on 4 March 1943. He was arrested at prison St. Gillis from 7 March 1943 until 5 April 1943 and at prison Gestapo HUY from 7 ... read more

Artur Triquell Font 1903 - 1942

Born 3.7.1903 in Maials
Died 25.6.1942 in Mauthausen

He was born on 3 July 1907 in Maials (El Segrià), son of Dolors Font Miret and unknown father’s name. He was blacksmith, having one sister, Rosa, and married to Eulàlia Casas ... read more

Ибраш Крутаевич Кунтаев / Ibrasch Krutaewitsch Kuntaew 1907 - 1944

Born 25.1.1907 in Krutaya
Died 7.7.1944 in Hartheim

  Ibrash Kuntaev was born on 25 January 1907 in Krutaya, a village in the Kamensk region of West Kazakhstan. He had two brothers. However, his parents and the middle of the three brothers died ... read more