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Hermann Eisenberger 1913 - 1945

Born 20.3.1913 in Sátoraljaújhely
Died 16.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Hermann Eisenberg was the... - son of Mor Moshe Elazar Eisenberger und Etel Eisenberger - husband to Erzsébet Eisenberger (née Eisenberg) - perished in Ausschwitz - father of Edit ... read more

Jan Zasada 1897 - 1941

Born 25.9.1897 in Podębice
Died 26.8.1941 in Gusen

My grandfather Jan Zasada was born in Podębice. He lived in Grójec and in Kutno where he was arrested and transferred through Inowrocław to Mauthausen/Gusen. He was left-wing local politician i ... read more

Cesare Spaviero 1921 - 1945

Born 11.11.1921 in Carpi
Died 12.3.1945 in Mauthausen

  Cesarino Mario Spaviero was born in Carpi, a small hamlet in Villabartolomea (Verona) on 11 November 1921. He lived there with his family until 1929, when they moved to Pontecurone. His ... read more

Marian Fitzmann 1899 - 1940

Born 8.9.1899 in Poznań
Died 23.11.1940 in Gusen

Marian Fitzmann was a son of Marcin Fitzmann and Anna (nee Dymaczewska). Marian was one of their six children. Marian married Franciszka Sobkowiak on 30 April 1923 in Poznań/Poland, they had two ... read more

Filippo D'Agostino 1885 - 1944

Born 15.3.1885 in Gravina
Died 14.7.1944 in Hartheim

Filippo D’Agostino was a railway official. As an important politician of his time, he and his wife Rita Majerotti were involved in founding the Communist Party of Italy (Congress of Livorno). ... 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

Велибор Ћирковић / Velibor Ćirković 1901 - 1943

Born 3.10.1901 in Atenica
Died 7.4.1943 in Großraming

Velibor Ćirković was Serbian from central Serbia city Cacak (village Atenica). He was member of JVuO (Jugoslovenska Vojska u Otadzbini – Yugoslav army in the fatherland) also known as C ... read more

Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig 1896 - 1945

Born 20.6.1896 in Parenzo / Poreč
Died 22.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig was one of the most important figures in Italian architecture in the 1930s. Born in Istria, he enlisted in the Italian army, even though he was a citizen of the ... read more

Georg Straub 1890 - 1945

Born 31.7.1890 in Radelstetten
Died 13.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Georg Straub was born on 31 July 1890 in Radelstetten near Ulm into what can be considered difficult family circumstances. His mother was certified as ‘mentally confused’ and his father ... read more

Helmut Stahl 1922 - 1943

Born 30.7.1922 in Stuttgart
Died 23.10.1943 in Schwechat

My great uncle, Helmut Stahl died in 1943 at the age of 21 in a Nazi concentration camp. Uncle Helmut was one of five children born to Frida and Friedrich Stahl. They grew up during World War II in ... read more