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Николай Иванович Кононенко / Nikolaj Iwanowitsch Kononenko 1895 - 1944

Born 28.4.1895 in Belopolje
Died 7.10.1944 in Mauthausen

Nikolai Ivanovich Kononenko was born on 28 April 1895 in the town of Belopolye (Bilopillya) in the Kharkov (Karkhiv) oblast. After finishing secondary school, he studied medicine until 1920 at ... read more

Аллахверди Набиевич Джафаров / Allachwerdi Nabiewitsch Dschafarow

Born 1919 in Asirik-Dschirdachan
Died 25.6.1944 in Hartheim

Allakhverdi Nabievich Dzhafarov belonged to a group of prisoners in Mauthausen concentration camp about whom little is known, despite numbering some 4,500 people – members of the ... read more

Lucien Gonnetan 1888 - 1945

Born 13.11.1888 in Lyon
Died 26.2.1945 in Gusen

Lucien Gonnetan was born on 13 November 1888 in Lyon (4th district). Married to Marthe Van Minden, he was wounded in battle during the First World War. Lucien was father of 2 children, Maxime, born ... read more

Franz Paul Erath 1913 - 1940

Born 19.12.1913 in Dunningen
Died 11.2.1940 in Mauthausen

Franz Paul Erath came into the world in Dunningen in the district of Rottweil as the seventh of ten children, of whom five died shortly after birth. In 1923, his parents Anna and Franz Xaver moved ... read more

Abraham Morpurgo 1901 - 1945

Born 27.3.1901 in Amsterdam
Died 1.2.1945 in Mauthausen

Abraham Morpurgo was my grandfather. The family lived a comfortable life in Amsterdam before the war. My grandfather was the owner of a retail and wholesale business dealing in household goods. The ... read more

Mathieu de Jonge 1911 - 1944

Born 30.12.1911 in Bruxelles / Brussel
Died 17.7.1944 in Hartheim

Mathieu De Jonge was born on 31 December 1911. He was a lawyer in Brussels, married and the father of four small children. Driven on by his ideal, freedom, he went into the resistance, joining the ... read more

Márton Perl 1892 - 1944

Born 12.10.1892 in Sikátor
Died 27.12.1944 in Melk

Márton Perl was the son of Feige and Ferenz Perl. He had two brothers, Dávid Perl (24 April 1918–14 September 1944) and Oscar Perl (9 September 1926–13 January ... read more

Renato Pedrini 1913 - 1945

Born 22.11.1913 in Torino
Died 9.4.1945 in Mauthausen

A radiologist by profession, Renato Pedrini moved from Turin to La Spezia, where his wife lived, and bought a photographic supplies shop in the city’s Migliarina district, going on to become a ... read more

Camille Israel 1910 - 1945

Born 16.5.1910 in Luxembourg
Died 29.4.1945 in Ebensee

Camille Israel was born on 16 May 1910 in Luxembourg. He was a bookkeeper and fled on the day of the German invasion, on 10 May 1940, to France. There he lived in Montignac-sur-Vézère ... read more

Γεώργιος Τσουράκης / Georgios Tsourakis 1893 - 1944

Born 8.10.1893 in Livadas
Died 7.10.1944 in Hartheim

Georgios Tsourakis (also referred to as Tsurakis) was born in 1893 in Livadas, Chania, on the Greek island of Crete. He was a farmer and a cafeteria owner and had six children (four boys and two ... read more