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Isak Leisten 1899 - 1945

Born 2.10.1899 in Tarnów
Died 12.3.1945 in Melk

Isak Leisten was the son of Simon Leisten and Miriam Riemer, and the husband of Jetti Gutter. Sulamith Beith Yannai read more

Sándor Rátkai

Born 1869 in Subotica
Died .5.1945 in Mauthausen

Sándor Rátkai, born 1869 in Szabadka/ Subotica (current day Serbia) Died in May 1945, in Mauthausen Occupation: opera and operetta singer After several years of working as a singer, ... read more

Wacław Ołdakowski 1896 - 1945

Born 10.11.1896
Died 25.1.1945 in Gusen

Wacław Ołdakowski, son of Tadeusz and Marianna, was born in Krzeczkowo Mianowskie on 10 November 1896. He went to a school in Rosochate Kościelne. Prior to the First World War he attended a Varsovian ... read more

Kazimierz Wróblewski 1909 - 1944

Born 14.5.1909 in Adamów
Died 2.3.1944 in Mauthausen

Loving husband of Irena and father of three small children Danuta, Sylwester and Krystyna was taken away from his home at night in Adamowo and never came back. He will always be remembered by his ... read more

Romain Ruelle 1903 - 1942

Born 13.3.1903 in Antwerpen
Died 13.12.1942 in Gusen

Romanus Henricus Ruelle was born on the 13th of March 1903 in Antwerp as the youngest of three sons. Together with his parents and his brothers Henricus Antonius (* 12/03/1899 Antwerp) and Eduardus ... read more

Hartog Eljon 1890 - 1942

Born 26.12.1890 in Amsterdam
Died 7.10.1942 in Mauthausen

Hartog Eljon came from an Amsterdam family of diamond cutters. He himself was a travelling actor who performed on stage and in several cinemas explicating mute short films. He and his second wife ... read more

Michał Cieślar 1898 - 1940

Born 5.7.1898 in Wiśle
Died 15.9.1940 in Gusen

Michał Cieślar was a teacher and social activist. He graduated from the Protestant teachers’ seminary in Bielsko. His began his first job in 1909 at a primary school in Górki Wielkie. A ... read more

Leopold Skoupý 1882 - 1941

Born 15.11.1882 in Šebrov
Died 10.12.1941 in Mauthausen

He was mayor of the village Šebrov, a Nazi Resistance fighter in Brno, in the Czech Republic, a farmer and a tradesman. Married to Hedvika Skoupá. They had a daughter, Josefa ... read more

František Paulus 1884 - 1942

Born 10.4.1884 in Velvary
Died 25.1.1942 in Mauthausen

František Paulus was born on April 10, 1884, in Vilémov near Golčův Jeníkov. He later settled in Velvary, where he ran a coaching inn and became actively involved in public life. ... read more

Jan Mrzyk 1899 - 1943

Born 4.4.1899 in Międzyrzecze Dolne
Died 14.11.1943 in Gusen

Jan Mrzyk was born on 4 April 1899 in Międzyrzecze Dolne in the municipality of Jasienica, Bielski district. He was the son of Jan and Stanisława Mrzyk who lived in Międzyrzecze Dolne. He went on to b ... read more