Alberto Buoso
Alberto was born in Fratta Polesine in 1895 and, like many from those towns, moved to Sesto San Giovanni in 1931, where he was hired at Falck-Unione as a bricklayer. He had a wife and two children, whom he supported through many hardships thanks to his work.
His specific anti-Fascist ideals are not known; his only "crime" was having gone on strike in March 1944 and having had contacts with the clandestine CLN (National Liberation Committee) within the factory. He was taken from his home on the night of March 27, 1944, following the standard procedure of the Fascist police: "Don't worry, it's just for a check." Instead, he was sent to San Vittore, where he was summarily judged as a dangerous opponent to be sent to Germany. His name appears on the list of detainees assigned to the convoy being formed in Bergamo: 243 people packed into sealed wagons heading for Mauthausen. He arrived at that camp on April 8 and was registered with the number 61585 as Schutzhaft—a prisoner arrested for security reasons.
His stay at Mauthausen lasted until December 1, 1944, when 1,120 prisoners of all nationalities, carefully chosen by trade, were sent to Auschwitz, likely to begin the dismantling of subcamps closest to the advancing Soviet line.
After that, all trace of him was lost. We know that many from that group were sent on a march through the snow toward Buchenwald in January 1945, and that others returned to Mauthausen on a transport for which we possess the registry—but his name is missing. It is possible that he died during the terrible march in the snow, or while working outdoors in the freezing cold. An official conventional date of death has been assigned to him: April 1, 1945.
His specific anti-Fascist ideals are not known; his only "crime" was having gone on strike in March 1944 and having had contacts with the clandestine CLN (National Liberation Committee) within the factory. He was taken from his home on the night of March 27, 1944, following the standard procedure of the Fascist police: "Don't worry, it's just for a check." Instead, he was sent to San Vittore, where he was summarily judged as a dangerous opponent to be sent to Germany. His name appears on the list of detainees assigned to the convoy being formed in Bergamo: 243 people packed into sealed wagons heading for Mauthausen. He arrived at that camp on April 8 and was registered with the number 61585 as Schutzhaft—a prisoner arrested for security reasons.
His stay at Mauthausen lasted until December 1, 1944, when 1,120 prisoners of all nationalities, carefully chosen by trade, were sent to Auschwitz, likely to begin the dismantling of subcamps closest to the advancing Soviet line.
After that, all trace of him was lost. We know that many from that group were sent on a march through the snow toward Buchenwald in January 1945, and that others returned to Mauthausen on a transport for which we possess the registry—but his name is missing. It is possible that he died during the terrible march in the snow, or while working outdoors in the freezing cold. An official conventional date of death has been assigned to him: April 1, 1945.