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Stanisław Polowiak 1902 - 1941

Born 19.3.1902 in Kalisz
Died 17.9.1941 in Gusen

He lived in Kalisz (Poland). He was the second husband of Marianna. His last known address in Kalisz was 4 Rzeźnicza Street. Rita Krawczyk, great-granddaughter of his step-daughter Wanda read more

Antanas Gutauskas 1894 - 1945

Born 25.5.1894 in Wyłkomierz / Ukmergė
Died 16.1.1945 in Ebensee

Antanas Gutauskas was Lithuanian origin. He had a wife and three children: Leonas, Jonušas and Regina when he was captured by Germans in Poland as he was a pilot and a mechanic in Polish Air ... read more

Thomas Trevor 1890 - 1944

Born 26.12.1890 in Wrexham
Died 13.11.1944 in Mauthausen

Thomas was born in Wrexham, Wales, to John and Eliza in 1890. After serving in France during the First World war he met and married his wife Adele. They had a daughter called Lottie and settled in ... read more

Francesco Affaba 1898 - 1945

Born 3.2.1898 in Salerano sul Lambro
Died 4.2.1945 in Gusen

Francesco Affaba, my paternal grandfather, was born in Salerano sul lambro, provincia di Lodi. He was incarcerated in San Vittore and then in Bergamo around 20 March 1944. He was deported to ... read more

Λέων Μπέτσικας / Leon Betsikas 1917 - 1945

Born 3.3.1917 in Chania
Died 24.4.1945 in Ebensee

Leon Betsikas was born on 3 March 1917 in Hania and he lived with his parents (Raphael and Perla) and his four sisters (Hrysoula, Anna, Sterina und Sara) near the Etz Hayyim Synagogue in the old town ... read more

Jenő Schlesinger 1893 - 1945

Born 27.3.1893 in Šurany
Died 4.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Jenő Schlesinger was the uncle of my father. His date of birth I have found in the Slovak Archive in Ivánka pri Nitre with a different year, born on 27 March 1893 in Nagysurány ... 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

Józef Pypeć 1902 - 1941

Born 7.3.1902 in Pawłowice
Died 23.3.1941 in Gusen

Józef Pypeć was a teacher in a gymnasium in the Polish city of Łuków (Lukow). He was arrested by the Germans and sentenced for conducting underground teaching activities in P ... read more

Мина Харламович Клишанец / Mina Charlamowitsch Klischanez 1907 - 1942

Born 14.3.1907 in Kolodniza
Died 24.10.1942 in Gusen

My great-grandfather on my mother’s side, Mina Kharlamovich Klishanets, was born on 14 March 1907 in the Russian Empire in the village of Kolodnitsa (today in the Krupsky district of the Minsk ... read more

Izaak van Moppis 1916 - 1941

Born 10.10.1916 in Amsterdam
Died 18.7.1941 in Mauthausen

Izaak van Moppis was born in Amsterdam, Holland, on 10 October 1916 and died in Mauthausen on 18 July 1941 at the age of 24. He was the son of Jacob van Moppis and Sara Fuldauer. Izaak had one ... read more