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Karl Lösch 1901 - 1943

Born 14.9.1901 in Berlin
Died 2.4.1943 in Gusen

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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

Tadeusz Kowalczyk 1901 - 1940

Born 14.10.1901 in Wadowice
Died 14.10.1940 in Gusen

Tadeusz Kowalczyk was born on October 14, 1901, in Wadowice. He had three siblings. In 1918, while a fifth-year student at a high school in Przemyśl, he volunteered for the Polish Army. He was ... read more

Алекса Сладоје / Aleksa Sladoje 1900 - 1943

Born .2.1900 in Obalj
Died 8.9.1943 in Steyr

Aleksa Sladoje was born in 1900 in Obalj, Austria-Hungary (today: Bosnia and Herzegovina) to Mijo and Cvijeta Sladoje. He had four brothers, three sisters and a half-sister. As a child, he moved to ... read more

Alfred Alt 1913 - 1940

Born 15.8.1913 in Wien
Died 3.10.1940 in Gusen

The brothers Karl and Alfred Alt were born in Vienna, Karl on 13 July 1910 and Alfred on 15 August 1913. They grew up in the city’s 7th district together with their older sister and their older ... read more

Giuseppe Griva 1905 - 1945

Born 30.8.1905 in Poirino
Died 13.3.1945 in Gusen

Giuseppe Griva was the eldest of six siblings. He had always refused to join the Fascist Party. Finding no work in Italy, in 1930 he emigrated to France, working there first as a bricklayer and then ... read more

Ceferino Ramírez Rey 1911 - 1941

Born 13.5.1911 in Medina de las Torres
Died 23.12.1941 in Gusen

Ceferino Ramírez Rey, born in Medina de las Torres (Badajoz-Spain), 13 May 1911. Spanish republican who fought for freedom both in Spain and in Europe. Deported at the age of 29 years ... read more

Pasqual Gimeno Cervera 1894 - 1941

Born 29.4.1894 in Barcelona
Died 2.11.1941 in Gusen

Born in Barcelona on 29 April 1894, the son of Pasqual Gimeno and Isabel Cervera, he lived in 23 Sant Domènec in Caldes de Montbui and he had four siblings: Isabel, Carme, Maria and Josep. He ... read more

Martin Vrijens 1908 - 1942

Born 5.7.1908 in Kanne
Died 20.12.1942 in Gusen

Martin Vrijens was a teacher at St-Jansschool in Waterschei / Genk / Limburg. From 1929 he taught in that school, in the beginning, the French-speaking children of the 1st and 2nd academic year. He ... read more

Kálmán Schwarcz 1891 - 1945

Born 11.4.1891 in Remetea-Oașului / Remetea Oașului
Died 7.1.1945 in Gusen

Kálmán Schwarcz was a well-known merchant and a respected man in Bixad, where he lived. He was married to Frida Steinfeld and had 14 children. Ronit Revach, great-granddaughter read more