Jakob Gijs Rubens 1918 - 1941
Born 25.10.1918 in Amsterdam
Died 7.8.1941 in Mauthausen
Jakob Gijs Rubens, who was called Jaap, was the son of Marcus Rubens and Rebecca Rubens-Witstein. The Rubens family were liberal Jewish, not Orthodox, but the Jewish holidays were celebrated. Mr. and ... read more
Peter van Pels 1926 - 1945
Born 8.11.1926 in Osnabrück
Died 10.5.1945 in Mauthausen
‘I sat down on the stairs, and we began to talk... Peter didn't say anything more about his parents; we just talked about books and about the past. Oh, he gazes at me with such warmth in his ... read more
Адам Маринковић / Adam Marinković 1892 - 1943
Born 25.10.1892 in Dragi Deo
Died 24.12.1943 in Gusen
Adam Marinković (Serbian nationality and ortodox christian, born 25 October 1892 in Dragi Deo, Kingdom of Serbia), was imprisoned in early spring of 1943, as civil hostage (“Schutzhaft, ... read more
Josef Veselý 1899 - 1942
Born 7.7.1899 in Brno
Died 16.6.1942 in Mauthausen
Josef Veselý was born on 7 July 1899 in Brno as the second of eight children. He lived all his life in Brno - Nový Lískovec. In 1917 he was drafted into the Austrian army and ... read more
Andrea Zanon 1891 - 1945
Born 5.8.1891 in Schio
Died 15.3.1945 in Gusen
The family of Andrea Zanon (prisoner number 115783) originally came from Val di Rabbi (Trentino). He took part in both the Libyan War and the First World War as a mountain trooper and was awarded the ... read more
Louis Schenkkan 1915 - 1941
Born 29.1.1915 in Amsterdam
Died 14.10.1941 in Mauthausen
Louis Schenkkan was arrested during the razzia in Amsterdam on 22 February 1941 and then deported to Schoorl – Buchenwald – Mauthausen. Saskia Leune, grandniece Detailed Biography ... read more
Kazimierz Dybiec 1919 - 1945
Born 15.7.1919
Died 8.5.1945
Stanisław Dybiec lived with his family at 24 Rybaki Street in Warsaw. He owned a horse-drawn carriage company, which was seized in September 1939. In 1940 he founded his own shipping company and also ... read more
Diego Biagini 1894 - 1944
Born 19.4.1894 in Prato
Died 8.4.1944 in Mauthausen
Diego Biagini was an anti-Fascist and his convictions led him to participate in the general strike at the beginning of March 1944, which had been called in Prato and other Italian cities. The result ... read more
Camille Israel 1910 - 1945
Born 16.5.1910 in Luxembourg
Died 29.4.1945 in Ebensee
Camille Israel was born on 16 May 1910 in Luxembourg. He was a bookkeeper and fled on the day of the German invasion, on 10 May 1940, to France. There he lived in Montignac-sur-Vézère ... read more
Ludwik Stępniak 1902 - 1941
Born 13.8.1902 in Wola
Died 31.7.1941 in Gusen
Ludwik Stępniak was born in 1902 in Wola Owsiana in the Kutno county in Warsaw governorate in the Russian partition of Polish lands. After the First World War, when Poland achieved independence, he ... read more
