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Antoni Ruczko 1906 - 1941

Born 10.6.1906 in Suwałki
Died 19.8.1941 in Hartheim

Antoni Ruczko lived in the small city of Sejny in Poland. He worked as a shoemaker. He had a wife, Anastasia, and two children – son Zdzisław and daughter Stanisława. He was arrested b ... read more

Stanisław Pawlak 1900 - 1941

Born 17.4.1900 in Kamienice
Died 19.8.1941 in Hartheim

Unfortunately, I know little of my grandfather's private life. I was born five years after his death – in 1946. I did not know him, and as a child you do not feel the need to know everything ... read more

Bronisław Sobota 1922 - 1940

Born 2.9.1922 in Kempen
Died 16.11.1940 in Gusen

Born as the first son of Konrad Sobota and Wladyslawa Sobota (née Adamski). Older brother of Henryk (Henry/Heinrich), Wladyslaw, Miroslawa, and Mieczyslaw. Had no wife or children. Sandra ... 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

Jacob Thalmay 1904 - 1945

Born 21.1.1904 in Warszawa
Died 9.3.1945 in Melk

Jacob Thalmay was on born 21 January 1904 in Warsaw, Poland. He and his four other siblings came to Denmark in 1905 with their parents Lipa and Hannah. He married Johanne Bornstein in 1934 and they ... read more

Johann Reinhardt 1900 - 1942

Born 11.10.1900 in Steinenkirch
Died 2.2.1942 in Gusen

Johann Reinhardt, born 11 October 1900 in Steinenkirch in the Geislingen district, lived with his wife Emma and their four children in Sindelfingen near Stuttgart. He worked as a merchant and ... read more

Józef Rzyman 1894 - 1941

Born 17.3.1894 in Sucha Górna
Died 8.12.1941 in Hartheim

Józef Rzyman was married to Anna Rzymanova (nee Przeczekova) and lived in Łazy. They had two children, Wanda Rzymanova and Tadeusz Rzyman. Józef was on the town council and also ... read more

Jan Paweł Muchliński 1901 - 1942

Born 22.6.1901 in Dębogórze
Died 30.6.1942 in Gusen

Jan Paweł Muchliński was born in 1901 in Dębogórze in the municipality of Kościerzyna-Pomorze, the son of Anton Ignac, a landowner, and Ewa, née Ossowska, from Lubiszyn-Pomorze. At 16 he ... read more

Piotr Krawiec 1897 - 1942

Born 1.6.1897 in Galew
Died 6.1.1942 in Gusen

He lived in Poniec. Father of six children, the last of whom was born when Piotr was already in the camp. Previously, he lived in Gorzyce, where he worked in a bakery. Then he bought a house and ... read more

Ottavio Brusaferro 1923 - 1944

Born 26.11.1923 in Lonigo
Died 15.11.1944 in Mauthausen

Ottavio Napoleone Brusaferro was the son of Giuseppe Brusaferro. Fabrizio Scabio read more