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Manuel Amat Pérez 1908 - 1942

Born 8.8.1908 in Elda
Died 21.1.1942 in Gusen

He was born in Elda (Alicante) Spain, on 8 August 1908. He was the youngest of six brothers. At the beginning of the Spanish Civil War he fought in the Republican faction. As part of the Anarchist ... read more

Георгий Дмитриевич Зобнин / Georgij Dmitriewitsch Sobnin

Born 7.11.1917 in Noschul
Died 1945 in Mauthausen

In the night of 7 April 1944, aeroplane PS-84 of the 101st Fighter Aviation Regiment did not return from a mission – it was set alight by a German fighter plane in the area around Rakvere. ... read more

Richard Franke 1906 - 1943

Born 20.1.1906 in Meerane
Died 18.1.1943 in Gusen

When the new Reich Minister of Justice, Otto Georg Thierack, took up his post in late summer 1942, he was determined to reorganise the German justice system. One of the plans he had in mind was not ... read more

Tadeusz Kowalczyk 1901 - 1940

Born 14.10.1901 in Wadowice
Died 14.10.1940 in Gusen

Tadeusz Kowalczyk was born on October 14, 1901, in Wadowice. He had three siblings. In 1918, while a fifth-year student at a high school in Przemyśl, he volunteered for the Polish Army. He was ... read more

Břetislav Bauman 1905 - 1942

Born 3.12.1905 in Horoušany u Prahy / Horoušany
Died 24.10.1942 in Mauthausen

History of the Bauman Family Břetislav Bauman was born on 3 December 1905 and was the son of Jan and Anna Bauman. In 1911 he started to attend the local mixed primary school, which had two classes. ... read more

Francisco Valsells Bielsa 1887 - 1941

Born 5.2.1887 in Calaceite
Died 9.10.1941 in Gusen

Among the 927 Spanish refugees who, on the morning of 20 August 1940, were escorted by German soldiers and French gendarmes from the Les Alliers camp to the station at Angoulême, was a family ... read more

Zbigniew Łuniewski 1901 - 1940

Born 6.3.1901 in Kraków
Died 16.10.1940 in Mauthausen

Family crest name: Łukocz Full name: Zbigniew Stefan Józef Łukocz-Łuniewski      Born 6 March 1901 in Cracow, died 16 October 1940 in Mauthausen German Co ... read more

Chaskiel Kuśmierski 1924 - 1945

Born 11.4.1924 in Łódź
Died 19.3.1945 in Ebensee

Chaskiel Kuśmierski was the son of Szyja Kuśmierski, a weaver originally from Kaluszyn, and Itta (nee Gilbart) Kuśmierski. They lived in Łódź and Chaskiel had two younger siblings, also born in ... read more

Schulim Rottenberg 1897 - 1944

Born 18.9.1897 in Kraków
Died 4.12.1944 in Mauthausen

This is my great-grandfather. He was married to Regina Nüchtern and they had two children, Edward and Arnold. Arnold and Regina were murdered at Birkenau, but Edward survived and lived to be in ... read more

Sándor Fleischmann 1909 - 1945

Born 12.2.1909 in Šurany
Died 8.2.1945 in Gusen

Sándor was born to Aron Fleischman and his wife Filipka in 1909. He was the second child in the family of a tailor and a dressmaker. There were six children born between 1906 and 1915. Their ... read more