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Leopold Kahlkopf 1907 - 1940

Born 24.12.1907 in Wien
Died 29.4.1940 in Mauthausen

At the age of 15, having attended primary and secondary modern school in St. Andrä Wördern and Vienna, Leopold Kahlkopf began an apprenticeship in the Alois Artner lingerie store at 20 ... read more

Mieczysław Szczukowski 1921 - 1942

Born 10.12.1921 in Tczew, Polen
Died 3.10.1942 in Mauthausen

Mieczysław Szczukowski was born on December 10, 1921 in Tczew (in German: Dirschau), Poland. His parents' names were Anna and Jan Szczukowski. He was one of six siblings; he had four sisters, ... read more

René Lhuillier 1925 - 1944

Born 20.4.1925 in Pexonne
Died 23.12.1944 in Melk

René Lhuillier was born on 20 April 1925 in Pexonne, Lorraine, France. He was a baker by trade. He and his father were among the 112 hostages who were captured during the raid on Sunday, 27 ... read more

Vangjel Shkurti 1884 - 1944

Born 15.3.1884 in Vlora
Died 11.11.1944 in Gusen

In early 1942 he and his family participated in the National Liberation War. His home was one of the bases for partisans during the war in the city of Vlora. His sons have been part of the guerrilla ... 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

Hubert Jeanpetit 1900 - 1944

Born 30.7.1900 in Bétoncourt-St-Pancras
Died 28.11.1944 in Melk

A french resistant born in 1900, part of the Résistance since 1943 (NAP - Noyautage des administrations publique - network in Lorraine), arrested by Gestapo on June 6th 1944, deported to ... 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

Leman Mok 1912 - 1942

Born 23.10.1912 in Amsterdam
Died 7.7.1942 in Mauthausen

Mok Leman was born in Amsterdam on the 23 October 1912.He had two sisters, Elisheva who was two years older than him and Yehudit who was three years younger than him.In 1922, when he was ten years ... read more

Stefan Antoniewski 1908 - 1941

Born 23.7.1908 in Słupca
Died 9.5.1941 in Gusen

Stefan Antoniewski was born to Ludwik and Ludwika Rucińska on 23 July 1908 in Słupca, Poland. He had five brothers. He was a teacher at an elementary school in the village Wierzchy in Poland. He was a ... read more

Tadeusz Latarski 1909 - 1945

Born 31.12.1909 in Bodzanów
Died 20.4.1945 in Gusen

Tadeusz Latarski lived in Warsaw at the street called Mostowa 16. I knew from my grandmother that he decided to stay in Warsaw when Uprising started. He was arrested during the occupation at the ... read more