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Pierre Storn 1890 - 1944

Born 3.5.1890 in Enscherange
Died 17.7.1944 in Hartheim

The agricultural labourer Pierre Storn was born on 3 May 1890 in Enscherange (Luxembourg). He was a widower and a father of two. Storn was arrested under suspicion of having ‘assisted a ... read more

Camille Israel 1910 - 1945

Born 16.5.1910 in Luxembourg
Died 29.4.1945 in Ebensee

Camille Israel was born on 16 May 1910 in Luxembourg. He was a bookkeeper and fled on the day of the German invasion, on 10 May 1940, to France. There he lived in Montignac-sur-Vézère ... read more

Walter Benjamin Blau 1918 - 1941

Born 2.1.1918 in Hamburg
Died 3.7.1941 in Mauthausen

Father: Armin Blau  Mother: Ella Blau-Cohen After the eviction, Walter lived at M. Angelostraat 34, Amsterdam.  He was transported from Schoorl to Mauthausen on 11.06.1941.  Both ... read more

Karel van Bever 1897 - 1944

Born 10.11.1897 in Vilvoorde
Died 20.3.1944 in Mauthausen

Karel Jozef Lodewijk van Bever was born on 10 November 1897 as the son of Hendrik van Bever and Maria Catherina De Kerck in Vilvoorde. His father, Hendrik van Bever, was a baker and a founding member ... 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

Schulim Rottenberg 1897 - 1944

Born 18.9.1897 in Kraków
Died 4.12.1944 in Mauthausen

This is my great-grandfather. He was married to Regina Nüchtern and they had two children, Edward and Arnold. Arnold and Regina were murdered at Birkenau, but Edward survived and lived to be in ... read more

Константин Николаевич Вашкевич / Konstantin Nikolaewitsch Waschkewitsch 1906 - 1945

Born 14.2.1906 in Olgowo
Died .4.1945 in Gusen

Konstantin Nikolaevich Vashkevich was born on 14 February 1906 in the village of Olgovo in the Dmitrovsky district of Moscow oblast. His father Nikokai Alexeevich worked as the municipal clerk. His ... read more

Hugo Samkalden 1906 - 1943

Born 18.2.1906 in Idi
Died 15.3.1943 in Mauthausen

Hugo Samkalden was one of the four children of Joseph Samkalden and Debora de Beer. He spent his early years on Sumatra, where he father worked for the Dordtsche Petroleum Maatschappij (Dordtsche Oil ... read more

Claus Martini Lehland 1904 - 1945

Born 13.11.1904 in Grimstad
Died 2.3.1945 in Melk

Claus Martini Lehland from Grimstad in Sørlandet (Southern Norway) was born on 13 November 1904. He was the son of a ship’s captain, Kristen Lehland, and the town’s first female ... read more

Aldo Fedi 1921 - 1945

Born 28.5.1921 in San Benedetto
Died 28.1.1945 in Peggau

Aldo Fedi, son of Angiolo and Ida Degl'Innocenti, was born in San Benedetto in Alpe in the municipality of Portico e San Benedetto (Forlì-Cesena) on 28th May 1921. His father, a telegraph ... read more