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Pankracij Schwarz 1898 - 1940

Born 11.5.1898 in St. Ulrich
Died 24.2.1940 in Mauthausen

Pankracij Schwarz (Švarc) was the son of the farmhand Maria Wasser, born in what was commonly known as Siegernig in St. Ulrich. His parents only married after his birth. Further children were ... read more

Mario Vanzati 1911 - 1944

Born 27.8.1911 in Nova Milanese
Died 15.5.1944 in Ebensee

Mario Vanzati was born in Nova Milanese on 27 August 1911. He was one of the protagonists of the resistance in this town. The first meetings between local partisans took place in his house on the ... read more

Franciszek Rajski 1895 - 1945

Born 3.9.1895 in Nowy Targ
Died 20.4.1945 in Gusen

Our Grandfather – Franciszek Rajski was born on the 3rd of September 1895. In August 1914, at the age of 18, he reported himself to the First Brigade and then said, “My ... read more

Hirilio Peña Córdoba 1915 - 1942

Born 27.12.1915 in Espejo
Died 20.4.1942 in Gusen

He was born on 27/12/1915 in Espejo (Córdoba, Spain). His parents were Rafael Peña Lucena and Elisa Córdoba García and he had three siblings: Virgilio, who was also ... read more

Antonín Prokeš 1889 - 1941

Born 12.6.1889 in Praha
Died 21.12.1941 in Mauthausen

Antonín Prokeš was an agricultural economist and sociologist of rural regions. He was born into a metalworker’s family. He had two sisters and one brother and married ... read more

Marian Reich 1892 - 1941

Born 27.5.1892 in Poznań
Died 11.2.1941 in Gusen

Marian Tomasz Reich was the son of Kordula Jadwiga Mizgalska and Carl Wilhelm Reich. He was of Polish and German decent. He graduated from a machine building school in Poznań and worked most of his ... read more

Лазар Сладоје / Lazar Sladoje 1900 - 1945

Born 14.4.1900 in Obalj
Died 15.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Lazar Sladoje was born in 1906 in Obalj to Djuro and Gospava Sladoje. He had three brothers and two sisters. He lived in Obalj for his whole life. After being caught in a Serb resistance group in ... read more

Julius Baumann 1898 - 1942

Born 13.1.1898 in Stuttgart
Died 1.10.1942 in Mauthausen

A Jewish Sportsman from Stuttgart Julius Baumann was born on 20 January 1898 in Stuttgart, the son of Jewish husband and wife Heinrich Baumann and Fernanda, née Oppenheimer. He was a ... read more

Albert Offenhäuser 1900 - 1940

Born 29.9.1900 in Baden-Baden
Died 9.8.1940 in Mauthausen

The documents and information that we were still able to obtain about our grandfather, Albert Offenhäuser, could be interpreted in different ways at first sight: criminal career or political ... read more

Guido Percali 1893 - 1944

Born 19.7.1893 in Lonigo
Died 20.4.1944 in Ebensee

Guido Alberto Percali was the son of Tullio Percali and his wife Maria, nee Zandonin. Fabrizio Scabio   On 11 May 2023, the ceremony for the installation of the Stumbling Stone in memory of ... read more