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Guglielmo Corradini 1896 - 1941

Born 6.6.1896 in Scandiano
Died 11.8.1941 in Gusen

Born in Scandiano, province of Reggio Emilia, Italy on 6 June 1896. Son of Anselmo and Benvenuta Prampolini. Profession: cement worker. As a socialist, he expatriates to Paris, France, on 20 ... read more

Rudolf Mokesch 1903 - 1940

Born 12.4.1903 in Rabensburg
Died 28.9.1940 in Mauthausen

You’re going to die. Maybe you suspect it. Walking in worn out shoes. With bare hands. [There isn’t much of another option anyway.] But you don’t know it yet.   I know it. ... read more

Marco Ciocchini 1925 - 1945

Born 11.3.1925 in Talamona
Died 30.3.1945 in Gusen

Marco, son of Giovanni and Ernesta Spini, was born in Talamona (SO), Northern Italy, on 11 March 1925. He grows up in a happy farming family with many brothers and sisters. In the 1940s families in ... read more

Vladislav Fiala 1914 - 1944

Born 19.3.1914 in Myslibořice
Died 27.9.1944 in Mauthausen

  Vladislav Fiala was born on 19 March 1914 in Myslibořice. After finishing primary school he began an apprenticeship as a baker. He did his military service from 1935 to 1937 with the 24th ... read more

Andrew Kalitka 1920 - 1944

Born 24.1.1920 in Lawrence, Massachusetts
Died 29.2.1944 in Gusen

Andrew Kalitka was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA, on 23 Jan 1920, to immigrant Ukrainian parents, Dymytro and Rozalia (Levitsky) Kalitka. In 1929, Dymytro and Rozalia returned from America ... read more

Marcus Turksma 1899 - 1941

Born 15.4.1899 in Deventer
Died 31.10.1941 in Mauthausen

Marc Turksma was the eldest of seven children – five boys and two girls – of the butcher Eliazer Turksma and his wife Betje Vomberg. He grew up in Polsbroek in Deventer, where his ... read more

Bedřich Lamm 1930 - 1945

Born 23.1.1930 in Moravská Třebová
Died 13.5.1945 in Mauthausen

Bedřich Lamm - a symbol of the Nazi persecution of Jewish children in Moravská Třebová Bedřich was born in the interwar period into a traditional Jewish Lamm family. His fa ... read more

Modest Mikołajewski 1900 - 1942

Born 20.11.1900 in Luberadz
Died 12.12.1942 in Mauthausen

My father came from a family of craftsmen, and like his own father became a blacksmith. He had two younger sisters. He married in 1926 and became the father of three children, who were eleven, eight ... read more

Jakob Gijs Rubens 1918 - 1941

Born 25.10.1918 in Amsterdam
Died 7.8.1941 in Mauthausen

Jakob Gijs Rubens, who was called Jaap, was the son of Marcus Rubens and Rebecca Rubens-Witstein. The Rubens family were liberal Jewish, not Orthodox, but the Jewish holidays were celebrated. Mr. and ... read more

Antonio Rigoni 1883 - 1945

Born 4.2.1883 in Asiago
Died 6.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Antonio Domenico Rigoni was a priest. Fabrizio Scabio (2018) read more