Josef Wittmann 1889 - 1940
Born 11.11.1889 in Luggendorf
Died 26.3.1940 in Mauthausen
Josef Wittmann served in WWI. He had no natural children, but did have three stepchildren with his marriage to Emma Schadewitz Delion: Irene Delion, Maria (Maya) Delion, and Heinz ... read more
Миодраг Ивковић / Miodrag Ivković 1917 - 1944
Born 30.10.1917 in Trnava
Died 15.6.1944 in Hartheim
Miodrag Ivković was born on 30 October 1917 in Trnava. Already a well-known Communist before the war, at the end of May 1941 he was added to the wanted list of the special police force for his ... read more
Stanisław Polowiak 1902 - 1941
Born 19.3.1902 in Kalisz
Died 17.9.1941 in Gusen
He lived in Kalisz (Poland). He was the second husband of Marianna. His last known address in Kalisz was 4 Rzeźnicza Street. Rita Krawczyk, great-granddaughter of his step-daughter Wanda read more
Robert Gaston Viry 1924 - 1943
Born 23.7.1924 in Plainfaing
Died 13.12.1943 in Wiener Neudorf
After completing primary schooling, Robert Viry decided to work as a weaver. The apprentice had never left Plainfaing, where he lived in the rue Noiregoutte. On 11 May 1943, after a tipoff had ... read more
Edmund Bursche 1881 - 1940
Born 17.7.1881 in Zgierz
Died 25.7.1940 in Gusen
The pastor Prof. Edmund Bursche was born on 17 July 1881 in Zgierz and was a Polish Protestant theologian and church historian. He was the son of the pastor Ernest Wilhelm Bursche and the ... 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
Thorvald Markus Thorkildsen 1901 - 1945
Born 5.12.1901 in Mandal
Died 14.3.1945 in Ebensee
Thorvald Markus Thorkildsen, born on 5 December 1901 in Mandal, lived in Flekkefjord. He was married to Emmy Johanne Kvarø, born on 26 December 1909. They had three children: Arne, born on 12 ... read more
Jan Szweda 1909 - 1942
Born 5.7.1909 in Grzawa
Died 25.9.1942 in Mauthausen
Jan Szweda was born in 1909 in Grzawa in the Pszczyna municipality. He came from a family of farmers. He married Jadwiga Wojciech. Their son Florian was born in 1937. In summer 1937 Jan was called ... read more
Marcel Callo 1921 - 1945
Born 6.12.1921 in Rennes
Died 19.3.1945 in Mauthausen
Marcel Callo was born on 6 December 1921 in Rennes in France and died on 19 March 1945 in the so-called ‘infirmary camp’ by Mauthausen concentration camp, following a long period ... read more
Ryszard Piegat 1912 - 1945
Born 14.3.1912 in Marki
Died 15.3.1945 in Melk
Ryszard Piegat was the son of Helena Piegat, née Leszczyński, and Julian Piegat, a baker by trade. He was the eldest of four brothers. Our only knowledge of his life before the war was that he ... read more
