Adrien Marcouyre 1893 - 1944 Edit
Born 10.12.1893 in Roubia
Died 17.12.1944 in Melk
Biography
My great-grandfather died during deportation. I have no picture of him or information available, and his birth certificate and that of his son, who died in 1969, record only a few details.
Surname: Marcouyre
First name: Adrien, Ludovic
Born on: 10 November 1893
In: Roubia (in sourthern France, département de l’Aude (11), near to Lézignan Corbières).
He was a farmer, probably a vintner. During the occupation he was in the Résistance.
He was a ‘protective custody prisoner’ with number 98600 and was first in the Dachau concentration camp before finally arriving in Mauthausen (‘Quarz’, i.e. Melk) on 16 September 1944. He died on 17 December 1944. His name is listed at the memorial site in Melk.
Frédéric Marcouyre
Translation into English: Joanna White