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František Škopek 1912 - 1942

Born 20.4.1912 in Dřešín
Died 22.5.1942 in Mauthausen

František (christened Vojtěch) Škopek was born on 20 April 1912 in Dřešín, district Strakonice, Austria-Hungary. He spent all his childhood here, in the beautiful region o ... read more

Stanisław Renz 1894 - 1942

Born 24.4.1894 in Bednary
Died 26.12.1942 in Gusen

Stanisław Renz was born on 24 April 1894 in Bednary (Poznań poviat), son of Michał and mother Józefina, née Firlejkowa. He graduated from the elementary school in Wronczyn. Until the a ... read more

Luka Greget 1915 - 1944

Born 12.1.1915 in Komiža
Died 5.9.1944 in Hartheim

Luka Greget was a fisherman from Komiža on the island of Vis (Dalmatia). While serving as a soldier of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia he was taken prisoner by the Germans at the start of the Second World ... read more

Marcus Bloom 1907 - 1944

Born 24.9.1907 in London
Died 6.9.1944 in Mauthausen

Captain Marcus Bloom, radio operator to the PRUNUS circuit of French Section of Britain's Special Operations Executive (S.O.E.). Arrested near Toulouse, France, April 1943. Paul McCue read more

Димитрије Ђуровић / Dimitrije Đurović 1881 - 1945

Born 15.10.1881 in Danilovgrad
Died 10.5.1945 in Mauthausen

Dimitrije Đurović was born on 15 October 1881 in the village of Kopito near Danilovgrad. As an exceptionally talented pupil, after finishing primary school in 1893 he received a scholarship to c ... read more

Jan Paweł Muchliński 1901 - 1942

Born 22.6.1901 in Dębogórze
Died 30.6.1942 in Gusen

Jan Paweł Muchliński was born in 1901 in Dębogórze in the municipality of Kościerzyna-Pomorze, the son of Anton Ignac, a landowner, and Ewa, née Ossowska, from Lubiszyn-Pomorze. At 16 he ... read more

Henri Eischen 1885 - 1945

Born 18.5.1885 in Hemstal
Died 21.2.1945 in Mauthausen

Henri Eischen was born on 18 May 1885 in Hemstal (Luxembourg). He was a factory worker. On 25 April 1944 Henri and his wife Marie were taken into custody for assisting a deserter. First he was held ... read more

Ivan Senica 1908 - 1945

Born 25.5.1908 in Motnik
Died 22.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Ivan Senica was born on 25 May 1908 in the small flourishing city of Motnik located along the busy road between Carniola and Styria, Slovenian lands previously belonging to the Austro-Hungarian ... read more

Viktor Siuda 1902 - 1941

Born 27.10.1902 in Bruckhausen
Died 26.8.1941 in Gusen

With respect and gratitude for your life and therefore also our life Your descendants read more

Jozeph Nijkerk 1916 - 1941

Born 26.2.1916 in Amsterdam
Died 27.5.1941 in Mauthausen

Jopie Nijkerk was born in Rechtboomsloot, the northwest corner of Amsterdam’s Jewish quarter. He was the youngest child and only son of Salomon Nijkerk and Rosa Wagenhuis. Salomon, who had ... read more