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Jean Malavoy 1903 - 1945

Born 7.11.1903 in Rochefort-sur-Mer
Died 13.2.1945 in Gusen

Jean Malavoy, the son of Vice-Admiral Henri Malavoy, was born on 7 November 1903 in Rochefort and died on 13 February 1945 in the Gusen I concentration camp. He was a chief mining engineer. After ... read more

Михаил Александрович Акимов / Michail Alexandrowitsch Akimow 1920 - 1944

Born 23.2.1920 in Leningrad / Sankt-Peterburg
Died 25.9.1944 in Mauthausen

Michail Alexandrovich Akimov was born on 23 February 1920 in Leningrad. After completing eight years of general schooling he trained as a cutter in the Factory and Works’ School of Mechanical ... read more

Johann Baptist Steinacker 1870 - 1944

Born 20.11.1870 in Odenheim / Östringen
Died 14.4.1944 in Mauthausen

The tailor Johann Baptist (‘Hermann’, ‘Gries’) Steinacker was born on 20 November 1870 in Odenheim (district of Karlsruhe) and later lived in Barmen and Wuppertal-Barmen. Even ... read more

Karl Lösch 1901 - 1943

Born 14.9.1901 in Berlin
Died 2.4.1943 in Gusen

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Tadeusz Latarski 1909 - 1945

Born 31.12.1909 in Bodzanów
Died 20.4.1945 in Gusen

Tadeusz Latarski lived in Warsaw at the street called Mostowa 16. I knew from my grandmother that he decided to stay in Warsaw when Uprising started. He was arrested during the occupation at the ... read more

Chiel Bruhand 1897 - 1945

Born 4.6.1897 in Wieliczka
Died 24.1.1945 in Mauthausen

Chiel Bruhand was born in Wieliczka, Poland, just outside of Krakow on 4 June 1897 to Brucha. He had at least one brother, Benjamin. He lived in Krakow and was a successful engineer. He built ... read more

Павел Александрович Пиляков / Pawel Alexandrowitsch Piljakow 1913 - 1942

Born 19.8.1913 in Pensa
Died 3.4.1942 in Mauthausen

Pawel Alexandrowitsch Piljakow was a soldier of the 61st Infantry Division, taken prisoner on 15 August 1941 at Rogachev (according to the book of memory of the Penza region – ... read more

Władysław Traczyński 1887 - 1941

Born 20.5.1887
Died 25.8.1941 in Gusen

My great-grandfather - Władysław Tkaczyński, born on May 20, 1887, was the head of the primary school in Pajęczno. Agnieszka, great-grandfather  read more

Ernst Schafer 1898 - 1942

Born 25.3.1898 in Wien
Died 28.9.1942 in Mauthausen

The author Ernst Schafer lived at 14 Bergsteiggasse in Vienna’s Hernals district. As a Jew he was persecuted by the National Socialist regime of terror on racist grounds, was imprisoned at ... 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