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Jan Vážný 1891 - 1942

Born 1.1.1891 in Praha
Died 18.4.1942 in Mauthausen

Jan Vážný attended the grammar school in Truhlářská Street in Prague, gaining his school leaving certificate in 1909 with distinction. From 1909 to 1913 he studied law at t ... read more

Fábián Weisz 1897 - 1944

Born 23.10.1897 in Rusul Bârgăului / Rusu Bârgăului
Died 12.7.1944 in Mauthausen

Fábián Weisz was married to Eltelka Blau. He lived in Des. He was a travelling salesman. He and his family were placed in the Ghetto in the Bunjar Forrest in Des. In Auschwitz he and ... read more

Wacław Prokop 1896 - 1941

Born 2.8.1896 in Wróblew
Died 27.4.1941 in Gusen

After my grandmother’s death I found a letter from KZ Mauthausen about her father and my great-grandfather Wacław Prokop among family memories. When I was a school girl my grandmother told me ... read more

Isidre Donadeu Buixalleu 1918 - 1941

Born 15.3.1918 in Sant Hilari Sacalm
Died 28.11.1941 in Gusen

Isidre Donadeu Buixalleu was born on March 15, 1918 in Sant Hilari Sacalm (la Selva, Girona). During the Spanish Civil War, he was part of the local Anti-Fascist Revolutionary Committee, defending ... read more

Ramón Romaguera Pastor 1918 - 1941

Born 22.3.1918 in Picassent
Died 27.11.1941 in Gusen

Born in Picassent (Valencian Community, SPAIN) in March 1918. He worked as a farmer in his hometown until he enlisted as a soldier in the Spanish Republican Army. After the Spanish Civil War ended, ... read more

Драгутин Соколовић / Dragutin Sokolović 1894 - 1944

Born 1.3.1894 in Ivanje
Died 29.6.1944 in Hartheim

Dragutin Sokolović was a beloved father and husband. He was born in Ivanje, south Serbia. Dragutin was married to Stojna and had four children: Stanijan (killed by Bulgarian fascists in World War 2), ... read more

Joan Ciuraneta Filella 1892 - 1941

Born 3.1.1892 in Palma d'Ebre (La)
Died 2.5.1941 in Gusen

Juan Ciuraneta Filella was born in la Palma d'Ebre (Tarragona, Spain) on 3 January 1892 in a family of farmers. He had two brothers and one sister. At a young age he went to Sabadell where he worked ... read more

Jan Grochowski 1911 - 1945

Born 27.10.1911 in Przytuły
Died 8.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Jan Grochowski was the son of Roman Gerwazy Grochowski and Maria Klara Jadwiga Grochowska (Jastrzębska). He had three sisters and one brother. Łukasz Pękala, great grandnephew read more

Wacław Rymarowicz 1915 - 1944

Born 24.9.1915 in Wielany
Died 15.12.1944 in Hartheim

My grandfather Jozef Stanisław Rymarowicz lost two of his brothers in World War II, Wacław and Kazimierz (Flossenbürg). The family was from Wielany, a small village in Kramsk, Poland. We will n ... read more

Jozeph Nijkerk 1916 - 1941

Born 26.2.1916 in Amsterdam
Died 27.5.1941 in Mauthausen

Jopie Nijkerk was born in Rechtboomsloot, the northwest corner of Amsterdam’s Jewish quarter. He was the youngest child and only son of Salomon Nijkerk and Rosa Wagenhuis. Salomon, who had ... read more