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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

René Niel 1897 - 1944

Born 4.6.1897 in Romeyer
Died 21.8.1944 in Hartheim

René Niel was born June 7 1897 in Romeyer. Romeyer is a small village in the foothills of Vercors where resistance to Nazism would develop intensively during World War II.  In 1916, ... read more

Константин Алексеевич Алисенок / Konstantin Alexeewitsch Alisenok 1901 - 1944

Born 2.1.1901 in Kemeschowzy
Died 25.9.1944 in Mauthausen

Konstantin Alexeevich Alisenok was born on 2 January 1901 into a peasant family in the village of Kemeshevtsy near Minsk. His father was Belorussian, his mother Sofia (Zosya), Polish. There were four ... 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

Léo Sztokmann 1900 - 1945

Born 14.11.1900 in Błaszki
Died 1.4.1945 in Gusen

Leo (Levi) Sztokmann, son of Bleeme and Feibush, was born on 14 November 1900, the second youngest of six siblings, in Blazski, Poland. Leo lived in Breslau, Germany, until Kristallnacht during ... read more

Pierre Henrionnet 1924 - 1945

Born 17.2.1924 in Mainz
Died 9.2.1945 in Melk

Pierre Jean Émile Henrionnet was born on 17 February 1924 in Mainz, which was then under occupation by the French army following the First World War. He lived with his family in Koblenz until ... read more

Alfred Toczek 1919 - 1941

Born 6.8.1919 in Köln
Died 16.9.1941 in Mauthausen

Alfred Toczek was born on 6 August 1919 in Cologne and died in Mauthausen on 16 September 1941.  Alfred's younger brothers were identical twins Hans and Fritz (later John and Fred) Toczek. They ... read more

Stefan Filipkiewicz 1879 - 1944

Born 28.7.1879 in Tarnów
Died 23.8.1944 in Mauthausen

Stefan Filipkiewicz (born on 28 July 1879 in Tarnów, died on 23 August 1944 in Mauthausen) a painter and graphic, notable for his landscapes inspired by the Young Polish movement. He was a ... read more

Maksymilian Rembelski 1910 - 1945

Born 13.10.1910 in Warszawa
Died 11.1.1945 in Ebensee

Maksymilian Rembelski was a son of Janina Rembelska and Franciszek Rembelski. He was a veterinary in Warsaw. Marta Kremky, grandniece read more

Oskar Roubíček 1898 - 1945

Born 28.2.1898 in Dvorce/Tučapy
Died 14.2.1945 in Mauthausen

Oskar Roubíček was born 28 February 1894 in Dvorce/Tučapy. He was a locksmith by trade. He was married to Olga Roubíček born Krutzký on 28 September 1896. Olga survived the war as ... read more