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Stanisław Pawlak 1900 - 1941

Born 17.4.1900 in Kamienice
Died 19.8.1941 in Hartheim

Unfortunately, I know little of my grandfather's private life. I was born five years after his death – in 1946. I did not know him, and as a child you do not feel the need to know everything ... read more

Григорий Швецов / Grigorij Schwezow 1910 - 1945

Born 27.11.1910 in Morschansk
Died 20.4.1945 in Gusen

Born in Morshansk, Tambov Governorate (Oblast), Russia. Worked as agricultural machinery locksmith, was conscripted on 28 July 1941. Served in the rank of junior lieutenant (unterleutnant) in 1046th ... read more

Andrea Lorenzetti 1907 - 1945

Born 26.5.1907 in Ancona
Died 17.5.1945 in Gusen

Andreas Lorenzetti was born into a humble family. His father was a sales representative and his mother a housewife. At the age of 16 he graduated as a bookkeeper and immediately went to work in a ... read more

Мина Харламович Клишанец / Mina Charlamowitsch Klischanez 1907 - 1942

Born 14.3.1907 in Kolodniza
Died 24.10.1942 in Gusen

My great-grandfather on my mother’s side, Mina Kharlamovich Klishanets, was born on 14 March 1907 in the Russian Empire in the village of Kolodnitsa (today in the Krupsky district of the Minsk ... read more

Michał Szabuniewicz 1903 - 1941

Born 6.1.1903 in Mińsk / Minsk
Died 21.7.1941 in Gusen

Michał was the son of Maria, née Rasmowski, and Aleksander Szabuniewicz. After the start of the Russian Revolution, he and his brother Alexander fled to the Białystok region at the instigation ... read more

Ludwik Stępniak 1902 - 1941

Born 13.8.1902 in Wola
Died 31.7.1941 in Gusen

Ludwik Stępniak was born in 1902 in Wola Owsiana in the Kutno county in Warsaw governorate in the Russian partition of Polish lands. After the First World War, when Poland achieved independence, he ... read more

Aron Szlama Horowicz 1905 - 1945

Born 15.4.1905 in Radom
Died 15.1.1945 in Gusen

Aron Szlama Horowicz was born in Radom, Poland on 15 april 1905 to Chazkiel Horowicz and Liba Huma Horowicz (nee Gelbard). He was the oldest of six children surviving to adulthood. Two brothers died ... read more

Leopold de Hulster 1899 - 1944

Born 19.9.1899 in Saint-Servais
Died 22.12.1944 in Gusen

Léopold de Hulster was born on 19 September 1899 in Seraing, Belgium. He came from a humble background, left school after primary school and worked at several different trades. He was a miner, ... read more

Franciszek Flak 1902 - 1945

Born 27.9.1902 in Nowa Wieś
Died 25.2.1945 in Mauthausen

Franciszek Flak was a Polish State Police officer in Garwolin Poland. After German invasion of Poland Franciszek evacuated his family from Garwolin. He came back to Garwolin after fall of Poland at ... read more

René Lhuillier 1925 - 1944

Born 20.4.1925 in Pexonne
Died 23.12.1944 in Melk

René Lhuillier was born on 20 April 1925 in Pexonne, Lorraine, France. He was a baker by trade. He and his father were among the 112 hostages who were captured during the raid on Sunday, 27 ... read more