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Erwin Cohn 1923 - 1941

Born 9.6.1923 in Hamburg
Died 25.8.1941 in Mauthausen

The Cohn family already lived in the Isestraße before 1933. Max Cohn (1891–1941) had attended the higher vocational school by the Holstentor gate and then studied business. With his first ... read more

Stefan Adam Kruczkowski 1911 - 1941

Born 24.12.1911 in Kraków
Died 17.8.1941 in Gusen

Stefan Adam Kruczkowski was the son of Maria, née Michalski, and Ludwik Kruczkowski. Before the war he graduated from the officer training college of the Polish army with the rank of ... read more

Solomon Baruch Kornmehl 1911 - 1945

Born 6.6.1911 in Bobowa
Died 15.1.1945 in Mauthausen

  Solomon Baruch Kornmehl was born on 8 June 1911 in Bobowa, Poland, to Ele Kornmehl Ziegeltuch and Berl Rosenberg. He had six brothers and sisters. His father was a Torah scribe for the famous ... read more

Bolesław Mellerowicz 1894 - 1941

Born 23.7.1894 in Żychów
Died 21.9.1941 in Gusen

Bolesław Mellerowicz, Catholic, Polish, well respected lawyer, loving husband and father of two daughters. My Father was born in 1894 in Poland under Russian domination (Poland was partitioned by ... read more

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

Велибор Ћирковић / Velibor Ćirković 1901 - 1943

Born 3.10.1901 in Atenica
Died 7.4.1943 in Großraming

Velibor Ćirković was Serbian from central Serbia city Cacak (village Atenica). He was member of JVuO (Jugoslovenska Vojska u Otadzbini – Yugoslav army in the fatherland) also known as C ... read more

Alojzy Tkocz 1910 - 1945

Born 12.8.1910 in Chwałowice
Died 23.4.1945 in Gusen

Alojzy was born on 12 August 1910 in Chwałowice in Poland. He was the son of Jan Tkocz. Alojzy was a member of The Polish Scouting and Guiding Association. He took part in the September Campaign ... read more

Jean-Marcel Pilet 1925 - 1945

Born 2.10.1925 in St-Ciers-de-Canesse
Died 20.2.1945 in Melk

 BORN ON 2 OCTOBER 1925 IN ST CIERS DE CANESSE (33) - FRANCE HE IS THE YOUNGEST OF A FAMILY OF THREE BOYS AND TWO GIRLS   ON 2 NOVEMBER 1943, in resistance to the STO (Service ... read more

Sylwester Bukowski 1907 - 1942

Born 28.12.1907 in Środa
Died 30.12.1942 in Gusen

Sylwester Bukowski was a radio technician at the Radio Poznań and was arrested in Poznań in 1939. Piotr Bajdek, great-grandson read more

Józef Pietraszek 1902 - 1941

Born 29.1.1902
Died 11.7.1941 in Gusen

My grandfather and my grandmother Zuzanna were biology teachers in the village of Skrzynno near Wieluń in Poland before World War Two. My grandfather was the principal of this school. Because of this ... read more