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Melchor Landeta Tutor 1909 - 1943

Born 6.1.1909 in Madrid
Died 15.2.1943 in Gusen

My grandmother used to say that her baby brother Angel (he was Angel Melchor, everybody called him Angel. Maybe that was too good of a name for the fascists to call him?) was the least political of ... read more

Marie Goedert 1900 - 1945

Born 25.9.1900 in Verleumont
Died 11.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Marie Louise Goedert (née Duboutay) was born on 25 September 1900 in Verleumont (Belgium). She lived with her husband Willy Goedert and their two sons in Luxembourg. In December 1942 she was ... read more

Vincenc Mašek 1889 - 1942

Born 4.4.1889 in Přeštice
Died 19.1.1942 in Mauthausen

Vincenc Mašek – his true name Čeněk Mašek – fought in World War I and was taken prisoner by the Russians. Managed to come back by foot through Poland. He was then w ... 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

Daniel Teller 1928 - 1945

Born 10.7.1928 in Haifa
Died 8.5.1945 in Wels

Daniel was born in Haifa on 10 July 1928. His parents, Resl and Emil, had emigrated to Palestine from Czechoslovakia but returned to Hodonín when Daniel was a year old. The family lived with ... read more

Maksymilian Rembelski 1910 - 1945

Born 13.10.1910 in Warszawa
Died 11.1.1945 in Ebensee

Maksymilian Rembelski was a son of Janina Rembelska and Franciszek Rembelski. He was a veterinary in Warsaw. Marta Kremky, grandniece read more

Bogusław Dąbrowski 1909 - 1944

Born 11.9.1909 in Warszawa
Died 2.12.1944 in Gusen

In 1944 Bogusław Dąbrowski was 35 years old and left his wife and his two young sons. He used to work in the stocking factory in Warsaw. After the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising on 1 August 1944 (in ... read more

Georg Bautler 1904 - 1943

Born 7.1.1904 in Cham (Oberpfalz)
Died 9.9.1943 in Mauthausen

Georg Bautler was born on 7 January 1904 in Cham.[1] A single man, he later lived in Munich at 48 Schwanthalerstraße and worked in business. The 32-year-old was probably arrested by the Munich ... read more

Walenty Pierzyński 1886 - 1941

Born 27.1.1886 in Baranów
Died 15.7.1941 in Gusen

Walenty Pierzyński and his sons were taken away at the same time as political prisoners. The father was the mayor in Brudzki, Poland. My father said that his father drowned. He was held under water ... read more

Marianne Nagy 1924 - 1945

Born 22.8.1924 in Budapest
Died 5.5.1945 in Mauthausen

Marianne Nagy was just 20 years old when she died in Mauthausen. She was born on 22 August 1924 in Budapest, the second daughter of a bourgeois Jewish family. Together with her parents, Mihály ... read more