Jacob Polak 1913 - 1941
Born 16.9.1913 in Amsterdam
Died 18.12.1941 in Mauthausen
Japie Polak, the oldest of Liepman Polak and Roosje Spanjar’s seven sons, grew up at 89 Rapenburgerstraat in Amsterdam’s Jewish quarter. Originally his father had been a diamond cutter ... read more
Ernst Kaendler 1882 - 1943
Born 4.8.1882 in Braunschweig
Died 10.1.1943 in Gusen
Ernst August Kaendler, married to Elsbeth Hedwig Martha Nothdurft on 8 April 1911 in Braunschweig, had three sons and one daughter Friedrich, Hans Rudi Kurt, Charlotte Henrietta and ... read more
Vincenzo Salcito 1921 - 1945
Born 16.11.1921 in Pisa
Died 30.4.1945 in Mauthausen
On 16 Februar 1944 Antonia Salcito, father of seven children, captain of the Brigata Garibaldi of Foligno, was arrested in Roviglieto (Perugia) together with his son Vincenzo; his son Franco was also ... read more
Jan van der Burg 1892 - 1945
Born 3.2.1892 in Maassluis
Died 12.2.1945 in Melk
Jan van der Burg was a political prisoner (“Schutzhäftling”), who, as a member of the Dutch “Geuzen” resistance group, was arrested on 16 January 1941, and incarcerated ... read more
Jaroslav Starý 1891 - 1942
Born 22.4.1891 in Sobín / Praha-Zličín
Died 24.10.1942 in Mauthausen
The history of the Starý family Youth and Growing Up Jaroslav Starý was born on 22 April 1891 in Sobíňov to parents Josef Starý and Josefa Stará. He trained as a ... read more
Michele Rossini 1901 - 1944
Born 13.6.1901 in Ruvo di Puglia
Died 22.4.1944 in Ebensee
Michele Rossini was born on June 13, 1901 in Ruvo di Puglia, Italy. During the '20s, he moved to Turin and worked at the FIAT-Ferriere Piemontesi factories. Despite the fascist regime's persecution, ... read more
Orlando Vischi 1914 - 1945
Born 9.6.1914 in Valdomino
Died 10.3.1945 in Gusen
‘I want only to keep the beautiful memories... when walking over my mountains was an adventure full of joy, when the snow was a white gift from heaven and the roll call in the schoolyard was a ... read more
Ildefonso Nalda Nájera 1876 - 1941
Born 23.1.1876 in Tricio
Died 4.4.1941 in Gusen
Ildefonso Nalda Nájera was born in 1876 in Tricio, a town in the Spanish province of Longroño (today the La Rioja autonomous community). In 1936 when already 60 years old, he was still ... read more
Milivoj Kljaković-Gašpić 1927 - 1944
Born 8.8.1927 in Solin
Died 25.8.1944 in Hartheim
Milivoj Kljaković-Gašpić (Father Marin) was born in 1927 in Solin near Split (Dalamatia). While still at school he joined the partisan movement in September 1943 at the age of 16. As early as N ... read more
Jan Zalewski 1896 - 1945
Born 17.1.1896 in Warszawa
Died 17.4.1945 in Mauthausen
Before the war, Jan Zalewski and his family lived at 19 Rybaki Street in Warsaw. He had a taxi company which was seized in September 1939. Later he founded a horse-drawn carriage company, where his ... read more
