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Jan Topolewski 1890 - 1945

Born 16.1.1890 in Kowno
Died 31.5.1945 in Gusen

Jan Wojciech Topolewski – prisoner of the Auschwitz-Birkenau and Mauthausen/Gusen concentration camps, prisoner number 102403 – remembers his father Jan Topolewski, prisoner number ... read more

Władysław Nagraba 1904 - 1943

Born 1.2.1904 in Kraków
Died 11.2.1943 in Gusen

Władysław Nagraba was Polish. He was employed in Kraków as an engineer. His brother Ludwik was also incarcerated by Nazi Germans and sent to Auschwitz (prisoner's number 25491), later t ... read more

Edmund Miller 1913 - 1942

Born 25.1.1913 in Warszawa
Died 19.9.1942 in Mauthausen

Edmund Karol Miller was in 1942 husband of Janina and father of little daughter Mirosława who was less than one year old when Edmund was arrested and taken to Auschwitz. Edmund’s wife, Janina, ... read more

Márton Róth 1886 - 1944

Born 15.8.1886
Died 12.12.1944 in Melk

Márton Róth was married to Hélen Neumann who died at Auschwitz, June, 1944. They had nine children. At least five died at Auschwitz in 1944. At least two emigrated to the United ... read more

Diego Biagini 1894 - 1944

Born 19.4.1894 in Prato
Died 8.4.1944 in Mauthausen

Diego Biagini was an anti-Fascist and his convictions led him to participate in the general strike at the beginning of March 1944, which had been called in Prato and other Italian cities. The result ... 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

Leopold de Hulster 1899 - 1944

Born 19.9.1899 in Saint-Servais
Died 22.12.1944 in Gusen

Léopold de Hulster was born on 19 September 1899 in Seraing, Belgium. He came from a humble background, left school after primary school and worked at several different trades. He was a miner, ... read more

Mojszes Leder 1903 - 1944

Born 19.10.1903 in Tarnów
Died 30.11.1944 in Gusen

A Name with No Face: Mojszes Leder There are no pictures of our uncle, Mojszes Leder. His story is one of courage and the will to survive. In sharing his story, we celebrate his life and remember ... read more

Ибраш Крутаевич Кунтаев / Ibrasch Krutaewitsch Kuntaew 1907 - 1944

Born 25.1.1907 in Krutaya
Died 7.7.1944 in Hartheim

  Ibrash Kuntaev was born on 25 January 1907 in Krutaya, a village in the Kamensk region of West Kazakhstan. He had two brothers. However, his parents and the middle of the three brothers died ... read more

Artur Berger 1914 - 1945

Born 3.3.1914 in Niederzissen
Died 12.5.1945 in Gusen

ARTUR or ARTHUR BERGER 1914 to 1945 Arthur Berger was born in Niederzissen, Ahrweiler (district), Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany on 3 March 1914 to Julius Berger (1883-1918) and Josefine Eggener ... read more