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Angelo Giuseppe Biffi 1909 - 1945

Born 11.6.1909 in Villa d'Adda
Died 2.5.1945 in Gusen

Angelo Giuseppe Biffi was the eldest of four children from a peasant family. Following the sudden death of his father, Angelo had to support his mother and three siblings from his wages. With the ... read more

Marguerite Pellet 1904 - 1945

Born 12.8.1904 in Lyon
Died 20.3.1945 in Amstetten

After training at a school for primary school teachers in Lyon from 1920 to 1923, Marguerite Baud worked as a trainee teacher in Theizé (department of Rhône) in 1924 and in the following ... read more

Kálmán Márkusz 1896 - 1945

Born 16.12.1896 in Stana
Died 15.4.1945 in Ebensee

He was my grandfather. He died two weeks before liberation. He did not pass the selection at Ebensee and was sent back to Mauthausen to be murdered. He died on the train never reaching ... 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

Leopold Wolf 1915 - 1945

Born 9.10.1915 in Michalovce
Died 28.1.1945 in Gusen

Leopold was the oldest of five siblings of the Wolf family. He was an excellent pupil, spoke fluently seven languages and gave private lessons to other pupils in his town. All the ... read more

Stanisław Mikołajczyk 1908 - 1941

Born 22.3.1908 in Plewnia
Died 16.3.1941 in Gusen

Stanisław Mikołajczyk was born on 22 March 1908 in Plewnia near Kalisz city, Greater Poland. He was a son of Józef Mikołajczyk, a baker in Plewnia, and mother Teresa Jezierska. Stanisław lived ... read more

Edouard Lemire 1910 - 1943

Born 15.10.1910 in Hénin-Lietard
Died 17.1.1943 in Gusen

My grandfather Lemire Edouard was French. He got married in February 1931 to Angèle Delmarre been born on 17 January 1909, of their union was born my father Gérard on 30 January 1936. ... read more

Marcus Turksma 1899 - 1941

Born 15.4.1899 in Deventer
Died 31.10.1941 in Mauthausen

Marc Turksma was the eldest of seven children – five boys and two girls – of the butcher Eliazer Turksma and his wife Betje Vomberg. He grew up in Polsbroek in Deventer, where his ... read more

Adam Fuks 1913 - 1945

Born 12.10.1913 in Radom
Died 7.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Adam Fuks came from a polonized German family. His father was Franciszek Fuchs and mother Bronisława Talma. His mother family came from Saxony in mid 18th century.  Agnieszka Monika Sampanis read more

František Škopek 1912 - 1942

Born 20.4.1912 in Dřešín
Died 22.5.1942 in Mauthausen

František (christened Vojtěch) Škopek was born on 20 April 1912 in Dřešín, district Strakonice, Austria-Hungary. He spent all his childhood here, in the beautiful region o ... read more