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Jaroslav Sekyrka 1921 - 1942

Born 18.10.1921 in Jílové u Prahy
Died 7.3.1942 in Mauthausen

Jaroslav Sekyrka was born on 18 October 1921 in Jílové u Prahy as the son of Jaroslav Sekyrka and Anna Horníková. Jaroslav Sekyrka, a turner by trade, was active as ... read more

Karl Peterka 1907 - 1942

Born 27.4.1907 in Wien
Died 17.12.1942 in Mauthausen

A carpenter’s assistant, Karl Peterka lived at 26/35 Rückertgasse in Vienna’s Ottakring district. According to the People’s Court verdict of 16 December 1942 (5 H 96/42) ... read more

Marcel Lacroix 1926 - 1945

Born 6.7.1926 in Pont-à-Mousson
Died 30.3.1945 in Gusen

Marcel Lacroix, born in 1926, and Stéphane Lewandowski, born in 1925, are among the few Frenchmen to be deported to Mauthausen only after they had experienced the heady feeling of having ... read more

Thomas Trevor 1890 - 1944

Born 26.12.1890 in Wrexham
Died 13.11.1944 in Mauthausen

Thomas was born in Wrexham, Wales, to John and Eliza in 1890. After serving in France during the First World war he met and married his wife Adele. They had a daughter called Lottie and settled in ... read more

Dezső Goldglancz 1890 - 1944

Born 26.2.1890 in Vetiș
Died 14.11.1944 in Hartheim

Dezső Goldglancz was born on 26 February 1890 in Vetiș, Hungary. On 28 May 1944, he was transferred as a Jew from Auschwitz to the Mauthausen concentration camp, and from there on to the Gusen c ... read more

Лазар Сладоје / Lazar Sladoje 1900 - 1945

Born 14.4.1900 in Obalj
Died 15.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Lazar Sladoje was born in 1906 in Obalj to Djuro and Gospava Sladoje. He had three brothers and two sisters. He lived in Obalj for his whole life. After being caught in a Serb resistance group in ... read more

Juda Nichtern (Nuchtern) 1906 - 1945

Born 14.12.1906 in Kraków
Died 26.1.1945 in Gusen

Juda was one of 12 siblings to parents Berl and Chaja Nichtern. Chaja's maiden name of Reimer. Our family spelled the last name either „Nuchtern“ („Nüchtern“) or ... read more

Felicjan Murawski 1909 - 1941

Born 1.8.1909 in Gaj
Died 21.9.1941 in Hartheim

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Paul Wallis 1900 - 1940

Born 15.11.1900 in Wien
Died 11.3.1940 in Mauthausen

Paul Wallis was born on 15 November 1900 in Vienna.[1] Although a Catholic, his family background meant the Nazis classified him as Jew. A single man, he lived in Innsbruck and was a member of the ... read more

Stanislav Mareš 1888 - 1945

Born 11.11.1888 in Litovel
Died 8.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Stanislav Mareš attended the secondary modern and then grammar school in his home town of Litovel, where he passed his school leaving exam in 1908. He then began work in the town as a court ... read more