Gustav Meier 1888 - 1943
Born 15.9.1888 in Stürzelberg / Dormagen
Died 9.1.1943 in Mauthausen
Gustav Meier’s father, the butcher Josef Meier, married to Johanna Meier, née Baum, lived with his family in Stürzelberg, a small village near Dormagen in the Lower Rhine area. ... 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
Emanuel Oleś 1896 - 1941
Born 9.7.1896 in Gotartowice
Died 18.8.1941 in Hartheim
Thanks to my aunt, the last surviving daughter of my great-grandfather Emanuel, I was able to learn something about the history of my family. Keeping the memory of our deceased family members alive ... read more
Olaf Eugen Paulus 1898 - 1945
Born 7.11.1898 in Stavanger
Died 13.1.1945 in Melk
Olaf Eugen Paulus was born on 7 November 1898 in Stavanger. He was the son of Olaf Paulus and Dagny Nitter. With a noted composer for a father and a music teacher for a mother, it was natural that ... 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
Letizia Anticoli 1914 - 1945
Born 30.8.1914 in Viterbo
Died 12.5.1945 in Mauthausen
Letizia Anticoli’s family consisted of her father Emanuele, her mother Reale die Veroli, and Angelo, Rachele, Giuditta and Rina. At the time of her arrest, Letizia was already married to Angelo ... read more
Robert Gaston Viry 1924 - 1943
Born 23.7.1924 in Plainfaing
Died 13.12.1943 in Wiener Neudorf
After completing primary schooling, Robert Viry decided to work as a weaver. The apprentice had never left Plainfaing, where he lived in the rue Noiregoutte. On 11 May 1943, after a tipoff had ... 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
Stane Levec 1927 - 1945
Born 16.12.1927 in Ljubljana
Died 7.3.1945 in Gusen
Stane Levec was a radio operator in a Ljubljana post office. At the end of January 1944 he was arrested by the Slovene Home Guard. The connection between his arrest and the then military situation ... read more
Alfonso Ogliaro 1897 - 1945
Born 30.5.1897 in Biella
Died 20.2.1945 in Gusen
Alfonso Ogliaro was born on 30 May 1897 into a working-class family in Biella. He and his sister Vittoria were orphaned at a young age. He worked in several jobs (labourer, builder, carpenter) and ... read more
