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Johannes Hubertus Sneijkers 1912 - 1942

Born 31.12.1912 in Neeritter
Died 23.11.1942 in Mauthausen

My father, Jan Sneijkers, was born on 31 December 1912 in Neeritter and grew up in a farming family. He was a miner, but also spent a period running a café. He later died in Mauthausen. My ... read more

Eustachiusz Mikołajewski 1913 - 1941

Born 1.9.1913 in Poznań
Died 15.3.1941 in Gusen

Eustachy Mikołajewski was a son of Józef and Franciszka Mikołajewski. He graduated from the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznan. Before the Second World War began, Eustachy was employed as ... read more

Kurt Holger Schmahl 1910 - 1945

Born 18.1.1910 in Kopenhagen
Died 8.4.1945 in Mauthausen

In June 1933 the 23-year-old Kurt Holger Schmahl, a resident of 57 Isestraße in Hamburg, wrote to the president of the Lower Elbe State Financial Authority requesting that 35,000 Reichsmarks ... read more

Herbert Littmann 1919 - 1942

Born 25.9.1919 in Berlin
Died 3.2.1942 in Mauthausen

The photograph shows Herbert Littmann, he is working in the forge of the work village. Here he learned to be a locksmith and fine metalworker. Robert Warnars read more

Павел Александрович Пиляков / Pawel Alexandrowitsch Piljakow 1913 - 1942

Born 19.8.1913 in Pensa
Died 3.4.1942 in Mauthausen

Pawel Alexandrowitsch Piljakow was a soldier of the 61st Infantry Division, taken prisoner on 15 August 1941 at Rogachev (according to the book of memory of the Penza region – ... read more

Novak Oparušić 1909 - 1944

Born 7.7.1909 in Donji Petrovci
Died 25.7.1944 in Linz

Novak Oparušić was born as son of Zorka and Despot Oparušić in the village of Donji Petrovci in Vojvodina, Serbia, a little village of around 1.000 inhabitants, mostly farmers. His f ... read more

Владислав Дзяд / Wladislaw Dsjad 1904 - 1944

Born 31.3.1904 in Lwow / Lwiw
Died 18.2.1944 in Klagenfurt

The Soviet concentration camp prisoner Vladislav Dzyad (Mauthausen prisoner number 36127) was registered ‘dead’ on 18 February 1944. His name appears in the book of the dead at the ... read more

Arthur Süsskind 1912 - 1945

Born 16.6.1912 in Jülich
Died 11.4.1945 in Wien

Arthur Süsskind was the son of Julius Süsskind and Helene Süsskind, nee Hertz. Lothar Böling, Bertram-Wieland-Archiv für die Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung e.V., Düren ... read more

Josep Miret Musté 1907 - 1944

Born 14.4.1907 in Barcelona
Died 17.11.1944 in Wien

 Josep Miret Musté was born on 14 April 1907 to a working-class family in Barcelona, which had moved from the rural district of Tarragona to the Catalan capital. He learned the art of ... read more

Louis Colongo 1911 - 1945

Born 23.11.1911 in Aix-les-Bains
Died 31.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Raymond François Louis Colongo born on 23 November 1911 in Aix-les-Bains, Son of Quinto Colongo and Catherine, Joséphine Aprile (both Italian emigrants). Married to ... read more