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Agapito Mesa Bravo 1895 - 1941

Born 24.3.1895 in Berrocalejo
Died 22.8.1941 in Gusen

Agapito Mesa Bravo in Arolsen Archives 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

Jaroslav Písko 1923 - 1945

Born 13.6.1923 in Doudleby
Died 3.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Jaroslav Písko was the uncle I never met, also killed in Mauthausen was my grandfather Jan Písko who was survived by my father Jan Písko. Grandpa was not even entered in a ... read more

Wouter Gerhard Kuyck 1886 - 1944

Born 21.11.1886 in Den Helder
Died 28.12.1944 in Linz

Wouter Kuyck is the son of a naval officer, captain ltz O. H. Kuyck. After he has served for twelve years as an officer in the navy, Wouter accepts in 1919 a function in the NV Dutch Telegraaf ... read more

Louis Schenkkan 1915 - 1941

Born 29.1.1915 in Amsterdam
Died 14.10.1941 in Mauthausen

Louis Schenkkan was arrested during the razzia in Amsterdam on 22 February 1941 and then deported to Schoorl – Buchenwald – Mauthausen. Saskia Leune, grandniece Detailed Biography ... read more

Peter Hermann Artur Bielefeld 1921 - 1941

Born 12.5.1921 in Stettin / Szczecin
Died 10.8.1941 in Mauthausen

Father: Hermann Bielefeld, born in Hamburg, 18.5.1863, died in Piaski, 23.03.1942 Mother: Anna Sophie, born in Hamburg, 11.07.1895, died in Piaski, date unknown Peter worked as a Hachschara ... read more

Diego Biagini 1894 - 1944

Born 19.4.1894 in Prato
Died 8.4.1944 in Mauthausen

Diego Biagini was an anti-Fascist and his convictions led him to participate in the general strike at the beginning of March 1944, which had been called in Prato and other Italian cities. The result ... read more

Vittorio Benzi 1927 - 1945

Born 22.3.1927 in Vinchio
Died 22.3.1945 in Gusen

Vittorio Benzi (prisoner number 115373), marked as a partisan through his participation in a mission in Mombercelli and categorised as dangerous, was arrested by the Nazi Fascists on 3 December 1944 ... read more

Chaim Ajzyk Ciechanów 1908 - 1945

Born 27.7.1908 in Płońsk
Died 30.3.1945 in Ebensee

Chaim Ajzyk, a tailor, lived during the war in Antwerp (Belgium), was displaced in 1941 for a few months to Stevoort in the province of Limburg. Chaim went on transport XXV (19 May 1944) from the ... read more

Dina de Leve-Cohen 1919 - 1945

Born 16.10.1919 in Groningen
Died 20.3.1945 in Mauthausen

  The Dutch Jew Dina (Dineke) de Leve was born on 16 October 1919 in Groningen in the Netherlands. She was the daughter of Simon Cohen and Amalia Hemelrijk. Dineke was a nurse by profession. ... read more