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The Lost Memory of Joan De Diego, Mauthausen's Secret Archivist

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He was the Spanish deportee 3156, a Catalan of Segovian parents who fought in the Civil War and World War II and ended up as a prisoner of the Nazis. He served as secretary of the concentration camp because he knew German, where he recorded the causes of the deaths of thousands of prisoners for years, saved the lives of others and helped reveal the truth about Nazi horror.Main Topics: Historical MemoryRead full article
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The Lost Memory of Joan De Diego, Mauthausen's Secret Archivist

He was the Spanish deportee 3156, a Catalan of Segovian parents who fought in the Civil War and World War II and ended up as a prisoner of the Nazis. He served as secretary of the concentration camp because he knew German, where he recorded the causes of the deaths of thousands of prisoners for years, saved the lives of others and helped reveal the truth about Nazi horror.Main Topics: Historical MemoryRead full article

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El Salto broke the news in on Saturday, October 18, 2025.
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