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Kazimierz Poprawa 1914 - 1945

Born 13.1.1914 in Ostrowo
Died 19.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Kazimierz Poprawa, born on 13 January 1914 in Ostrowo, near Wrzesnia in Poland. Son of Stanisław and Elzbieta. He spent his childhood and youth in Wrzesnia, Poland. As a member of a Wrzesnia branch ... read more

Alojz Ivanc 1912 - 1941

Born 21.4.1912 in Gorica
Died 23.10.1941 in Gusen

It may seem unbelievable but from the documents and testimonies it is clear that the first Slovenes in the Mauthausen and Gusen concentration camps were Spanish Republican fighters of Slovenian ... read more

Eustachiusz Mikołajewski 1913 - 1941

Born 1.9.1913 in Poznań
Died 15.3.1941 in Gusen

Eustachy Mikołajewski was a son of Józef and Franciszka Mikołajewski. He graduated from the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznan. Before the Second World War began, Eustachy was employed as ... read more

Franz Pfau 1910 - 1940

Born 1.1.1910 in Staad bei Rohrschach
Died 7.5.1940 in Mauthausen

Franz Pfau was born on 1 January 1910 in Staad bei Rohrschach (Switzerland). A unmarried miner whose last known address was his mother’s house in Ravensburg, he was arrested in April 1938 on ... read more

Otakar Vrátil 1913 - 1942

Born 10.8.1913 in Louny
Died 7.1.1942 in Mauthausen

He was a student of Law at Charles University in Prague. Relative of General František Fajtl, RAF pilot, squadron leader. Dana Bauca Sastre, great-great-great-niece read more

Stanisław Bieńkowski 1915 - 1945

Born 16.8.1915 in Teresław
Died 4.2.1945 in Ebensee

Stanisław Bieńkowski was born on 16 August 1915 in Teresław (Mazovian voivodeship) to Jan Bieńkowski and Anna Zagórska. His siblings were Ewa, Adam and Władysław. As a young man, he moved to Wa ... read more

Guglielmo Steiner 1909 - 1945

Born 13.5.1909 in Milano
Died 27.2.1945 in Ebensee

Mino Steiner was the son of Emerico Steiner, a Milanese industrialist of Bohemian origin, and Fosca Titta, the sister of the baritone Titta Ruffo; he was the nephew of Giacomo Matteotti and the ... read more

Izaak van Moppis 1916 - 1941

Born 10.10.1916 in Amsterdam
Died 18.7.1941 in Mauthausen

Izaak van Moppis was born in Amsterdam, Holland, on 10 October 1916 and died in Mauthausen on 18 July 1941 at the age of 24. He was the son of Jacob van Moppis and Sara Fuldauer. Izaak had one ... read more

Eugeniusz Olczak 1922 - 1945

Born 21.6.1922 in Żyrardów
Died 19.3.1945 in Gusen

Eugeniusz "Bogdan" Olczak, born 21 June 1922 in Żyrardów, son of Roman and Genowefa (née Koziarek). Scout troop leader of the 79th Troop in Skierniewice. Deported to Mauthausen; ... read more

Stanisław Mróz 1902 - 1941

Born 5.1.1902 in Rzgów
Died 3.11.1941 in Gusen

Stanisław Mróz was born in 1902 in his family home at Olszak, a settlement near Rzgów, where he spent his whole, idyllic childhood. He attended a local primary school and then the state ... read more