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Salomon Salzedo 1906 - 1942

Born 13.7.1906 in Amsterdam
Died 12.10.1942 in Mauthausen

Salomon Salzedo was born on 13 July 1906 in Amsterdam. He had a sister, Evalina (*1908), and a brother, Samuel (*1913). Salomon was a salesman in haberdashery. On March 23, 1939 he married Frederika ... read more

Paul Wallis 1900 - 1940

Born 15.11.1900 in Wien
Died 11.3.1940 in Mauthausen

Paul Wallis was born on 15 November 1900 in Vienna.[1] Although a Catholic, his family background meant the Nazis classified him as Jew. A single man, he lived in Innsbruck and was a member of the ... read more

David Korper 1915 - 1941

Born 31.1.1915 in Amsterdam
Died 1.8.1941 in Mauthausen

David Korper was a butcher and lived in the eastern part of Amsterdam. He was caught during the razzia of February 1941. There exists a photograph of his arrest at the Josef Daniël Meyerplein ... read more

Wilmos Wolf Weiss 1895 - 1945

Born 23.4.1895 in Rónafalu / Schboriwzi
Died 22.5.1945 in Hörsching

The town in which I was born was Nagyszőllős.[1] It was in Czechoslovakia, when I was born, and then became Hungary in 1939. I was a very happy and somewhat innocent and naïve boy. I lived in a l ... read more

Silvio Pardini 1908 - 1945

Born 23.7.1908 in La Spezia
Died 13.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Born into an anti-Fascist family, Silvio Pardini was arrested in the major raid on Migliarina (La Spezia) that took place on 21 November 1944. He was taken to a nearby engineering workshop ... read more

Andrew Kalitka 1920 - 1944

Born 24.1.1920 in Lawrence, Massachusetts
Died 29.2.1944 in Gusen

Andrew Kalitka was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA, on 23 Jan 1920, to immigrant Ukrainian parents, Dymytro and Rozalia (Levitsky) Kalitka. In 1929, Dymytro and Rozalia returned from America ... read more

Michał Czachor 1888 - 1941

Born 11.9.1888 in Cmolas
Died 5.9.1941 in Gusen

Michał was survived by his wife Zofia, who died in 1996, and eight of their children: Genowefa, Pelagia, Joanna, Weronika, Józef, Tadeusz, Stanisława, Leon. Pawel Barancewicz, g ... read more

Hartog Cohen 1890 - 1941

Born 5.10.1890 in Zutphen
Died 23.10.1941 in Mauthausen

Introduction Hartog Cohen was arrested on 9 October 1941, 51 years old. Being a Jew and as a political opponent of the German national socialism he was deported to the Mauthausen concentration camp ... read more

Ernő Winkler 1894 - 1944

Born 20.1.1894
Died 10.7.1944 in Mauthausen

Ernő Winkler was the chief rabbi of Nagykanizsa, Hungary between 1919 and 1944. He was born in Újpest on 20 January 1894 (instead of 1899). 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