Paweł Kaleta 1897 - 1940
Born 4.1.1897 in Puńców
Died 7.11.1940 in Gusen
Paweł Kaleta (born on 4 January 1897 in Puńców, died on 7 November 1940 in KL Mauthausen-Gusen) - Polish journalist, activist of the peasant movement in Cieszyn Silesia. Initially, he was a m ... read more
Yaakov Lev Weiss 1889 - 1945
Born 15.10.1889 in Poľana / Polyana
Died 10.1.1945 in Melk
From a letter from Martin Weiss, 29 December 2014: ‘I am gladdened that you are pursuing this long neglected but important project. Sadly, I cannot give you any names since I forgot their ... read more
Jan Szweda 1909 - 1942
Born 5.7.1909 in Grzawa
Died 25.9.1942 in Mauthausen
Jan Szweda was born in 1909 in Grzawa in the Pszczyna municipality. He came from a family of farmers. He married Jadwiga Wojciech. Their son Florian was born in 1937. In summer 1937 Jan was called ... read more
Stefan Błochowiak 1890 - 1941
Born 23.12.1890 in Innowrocław
Died 20.8.1941 in Hartheim
Sadly, we never got to meet our grandfather Stefan Blochowiak. All we have are photos and personal documents prior to WW II, letters written to his family from concentration camps, and a few other ... read more
Сергей Алексеевич Бороздин / Sergej Alexeewitsch Borosdin 1916 - 1942
Born 1.9.1916 in Stalino / Donezk
Died 17.3.1942 in Mauthausen
Sergei Alexeevich Borozdin was born on 1 September 1916 into a working-class family in the city of Yuzovka (later Stalino, now Donetsk in Ukraine). He was Russian by nationality. In 1933 he completed ... read more
Георгий Дмитриевич Зобнин / Georgij Dmitriewitsch Sobnin
Born 7.11.1917 in Noschul
Died 1945 in Mauthausen
In the night of 7 April 1944, aeroplane PS-84 of the 101st Fighter Aviation Regiment did not return from a mission – it was set alight by a German fighter plane in the area around Rakvere. ... read more
Emil Goldmann 1872 - 1942
Born 29.11.1872 in Vítkovice
Died 1.8.1942 in Mauthausen
Emil Goldmann was a Goldmann again only under the Nazis and because his name was not obviously ‘Jewish’ enough (Executive Order on the Law on the Alteration of Family and Personal Names ... read more
Johann Wisiorek 1891 - 1945
Born 19.9.1891 in Kopciowice
Died 2.5.1945 in Ebensee
Johann Wisiorek was the father of Cecylia Wisiorek. Cecylia was killed in Auschwitz – she was sentenced for publishing a newspaper called Braciom na otuchę. Her father was sent to Ebensee ... read more
Adolf Kozłowski 1920 - 1942
Born 7.6.1920 in Konieczno
Died 4.5.1942 in Gusen
Adolf Kozłowski was the son of Jan Kozłowski and Julia Kozłowska (nee Ruszkowska), stepbrother of Irena, Julian and Kazimierz (children of Julia Kozłowska and Stanisław Kozłowski, brother of Jan). A y ... read more
Jaroslav Sekyrka 1921 - 1942
Born 18.10.1921 in Jílové u Prahy
Died 7.3.1942 in Mauthausen
Jaroslav Sekyrka was born on 18 October 1921 in Jílové u Prahy as the son of Jaroslav Sekyrka and Anna Horníková. Jaroslav Sekyrka, a turner by trade, was active as ... read more