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Hermann Glück 1881 - 1945

Born 6.8.1881 in Makó
Died 6.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Husband of Gemma La Guardia-Gluck. Brother-in-law of then New York City Mayor, Fiorello LaGuardia. Joseph Steinberg read more

Miguel Sánchez Medina 1915 - 1942

Born 6.9.1915 in Mengíbar
Died 12.1.1942 in Gusen

He was born on September 6, 1915, in Mengíbar (Jaén, Spain). He was a farmer and single. In Spain, he volunteered for the Republican mixed brigades once the Civil War broke out. After ... read more

Alois Lechner 1893 - 1940

Born 2.8.1893 in Innsbruck
Died 19.2.1940 in Mauthausen

Alois Lechner was born on 2 August 1893 in Innsbruck. His father Josef Lechner was a master cobbler, his mother Christiane’s maiden name was Baldauf. The young Alois Lechner began an ... read more

Nils Hegland 1900 - 1945

Born 14.11.1900 in Evje
Died 3.3.1945 in Melk

  Nils Hegland was born on 14 November 1900 in Evje to the north of Kristiansand. His parents were Johan Hegland, a wood merchant and sawmill owner, and his wife Inger Tonette, née ... read more

Ernst Schafer 1898 - 1942

Born 25.3.1898 in Wien
Died 28.9.1942 in Mauthausen

The author Ernst Schafer lived at 14 Bergsteiggasse in Vienna’s Hernals district. As a Jew he was persecuted by the National Socialist regime of terror on racist grounds, was imprisoned at ... read more

Franz Andresiak 1898 - 1940

Born 16.1.1898 in Wesseln
Died 15.2.1940 in Mauthausen

Franz Andresiak (Andrysiak) was my Opa. Married to my Omi, Louise nee Kulling. His son Peter Burchard Andrysiak is my father. Peter was three years old when his father died. I do know that my ... 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

Jenő Schlesinger 1893 - 1945

Born 27.3.1893 in Šurany
Died 4.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Jenő Schlesinger was the uncle of my father. His date of birth I have found in the Slovak Archive in Ivánka pri Nitre with a different year, born on 27 March 1893 in Nagysurány ... read more

Henryk Kłosowicz 1912 - 1941

Born 18.9.1912 in Rychwałd
Died 6.12.1941 in Hartheim

Henryk Kłosowicz was the son of Feliks and Justyna (née Gąsiorek) who lived in Rychwałd. In 1935 he completed his education at the state grammar school M. Kopernikus in Żywiec. Between 1935 and ... read more

Adrien Marcouyre 1893 - 1944

Born 10.12.1893 in Roubia
Died 17.12.1944 in Melk

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 ... read more