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Václav Sinkule 1905 - 1942

Born 14.1.1905 in Praha
Died 20.4.1942 in Mauthausen

Václav Sinkule was born on 14 January 1905 in Prague, the son of a railway worker. He attended the commercial high school and in his free time took an interest in foreign languages, music, ... read more

Владислав Дзяд / Wladislaw Dsjad 1904 - 1944

Born 31.3.1904 in Lwow / Lwiw
Died 18.2.1944 in Klagenfurt

The Soviet concentration camp prisoner Vladislav Dzyad (Mauthausen prisoner number 36127) was registered ‘dead’ on 18 February 1944. His name appears in the book of the dead at the ... read more

Бoка Дурмишевић / Baka Durmisević

Born 1909 in Slišane
Died 28.2.1944 in Mauthausen

Baka Durmisevic had four daughters and a son when he was taken from Serbia with his younger brother Rama who was not married then. Thankfully Baka has descendants today. Baka is my great ... read more

Rafael Torres Sicilia 1919 - 1941

Born 3.2.1919 in Córdoba
Died 19.12.1941 in Gusen

Rafael was from Córdoba. When he died in the concentration camp he was 22. As a prisoner, he was transferred to Belfort, Front-Stalag 140, and then to the German camp, Stalag XI.B, ... read more

Иван Александрович Александров / Iwan Alexandrowitsch Alexandrow 1905 - 1945

Born 20.4.1905 in Pensa
Died 7.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Ivan Alexandrovich Alexandrov was born on 20 April 1905 in the Russian city of Penza. Nothing is known about Ivan’s parents. The Alexandrov brothers – Boris, Ivan and Alexandr – ... read more

Bruno Sbriz 1923 - 1945

Born 17.9.1923 in San Vito al Tagliamento
Died 6.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Bruno Sbriz was enlisted in the Granatieri di Sardegna’s Regiment. After 8 September, he joined the partisan XIV Brigata Osoppo Friuli; on 6 January 1945, Bruno was arrested by the Germans at ... read more

Павел Константинович Трегубов / Pawel Konstantinowitsch Tregubow 1904 - 1945

Born 18.8.1904 in Tschugan
Died 3.1.1945 in Hartheim

Pavel Konstantinovich Tregubov was born on 18 August 1904 into a poor peasant family in the village of Chugan in the Sulaevsky municipality of the Vyatsky district of the Vyatka oblast (in what is ... read more

Ιωάννης Κουρνιδάκης / Ioannis Kournidakis 1902 - 1945

Born 24.12.1902 in Therisso
Died 18.1.1945 in Melk

He was a farmer in the village of Therisso Chania Greece. When he died he had a wife and four children. His wife's name was Anna. Now two of the children are still alive, Manolis and Nikos. His ... read more

Alfred Péron 1904 - 1945

Born 22.9.1904 in Lyon
Died 12.5.1945 in Samedan

The index card for prisoner no. 37801 is filed under the name Alfred Péron. Alfred Péron displayed no distinguishing external features: he was of medium build, his nose was straight, ... read more

Stanisław Górecki 1914 - 1945

Born 15.9.1914 in Młynek
Died 18.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Stanisław Górecki was born in a small village called Młynek, situated not far from Gidle (close to Czestochowa, Poland). He lived in a village called Sciegny, close to Kamiensk, in the Lodz c ... read more