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Wincenty Majorkiewicz 1905 - 1943

Born 17.4.1905
Died 16.3.1943 in Gusen

Wincenty Majorkiewicz was the son of Paweł Majorkiewicz and Agnieszka Król. His birth certificate (in Russian) is available here: ... read more

გრიგოლ ერემიას-ძე მოდებაძე / Grigorij Eremeewitsch Mudebadse 1915 - 1944

Born 12.5.1915
Died 25.5.1944 in Mauthausen

The National Archive of Georgia holds the household books for the village of Bunikauri in the Chaitura region for the years 1940 to 1942. There it states that Gervasi Erevia’s son Modebadze, ... read more

Amedeo Scuratti 1899 - 1945

Born 19.9.1899 in Nova Milanese
Died 19.2.1945 in Gusen

Amedeo Scuratti was born on 19 September 1899 in Nova Milanese where he lived in Via S. Sebastiano 1. He was married to Silvia Castelletti and they had three children. In 1935 Amedeo was employed as ... read more

Antonín Poláček 1900 - 1942

Born 13.1.1900 in Praha
Died 30.4.1942 in Mauthausen

My uncle Antonin Poláček was born in Prague, Nusle. He was a carpenter and worked at the Ringhoffer / Tatra in Smíchov, Prague. He was married (from 1929) with Anna ... read more

Camille Gaignage 1908 - 1945

Born 27.12.1908 in Marilles
Died 12.3.1945 in Mauthausen

My father, Camille Gaignage, was born on 27 December 1908 in 1350 Marilles (Orp-Jauche, Belgium). After finishing compulsory education at the main school in Jodoigne he worked alongside his father, ... 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

Peter Hermann Artur Bielefeld 1921 - 1941

Born 12.5.1921 in Stettin / Szczecin
Died 10.8.1941 in Mauthausen

Father: Hermann Bielefeld, born in Hamburg, 18.5.1863, died in Piaski, 23.03.1942 Mother: Anna Sophie, born in Hamburg, 11.07.1895, died in Piaski, date unknown Peter worked as a Hachschara ... read more

Terese Goldstein

Born 11.1.1908 in Jerusalem / Jeruschalajim
Died 1945 in Mauthausen

Terese Goldstein was born as Dina Reisel Kohn, the eldest daughter of Shmuel Kohn and Hinda, nee Kohn. Her father Shmuel was born in about 1885 in the village of Vásárút which ... read more

Jan Sztwiertnia 1911 - 1940

Born 1.6.1911 in Ustroń
Died 29.8.1940 in Gusen

Born on 1 June 1911 in Ustroń in Cieszyn Silesia, Jan Sztwiertnia studied from 1925-30 at the teacher training college in Cieszyn. Under the direction of Karol Hławiczka and Alfred Nohel, he learned t ... read more

Ivan Senica 1908 - 1945

Born 25.5.1908 in Motnik
Died 22.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Ivan Senica was born on 25 May 1908 in the small flourishing city of Motnik located along the busy road between Carniola and Styria, Slovenian lands previously belonging to the Austro-Hungarian ... read more