Ari Schwartz 1918 - 1944
Born 17.6.1918 in Bicsad / Bixad
Died 24.6.1944 in Gusen
Ari Schwartz was born in Bicsad (Bixad), Romania, to Menachem and Rosa. He was a locksmith/metalworker. He was single and prior to WWII he lived in Bicsad. Ronit Revach, relative read more
Jožef Kokot 1923 - 1944
Born 18.9.1923 in Horní Ves
Died 25.9.1944 in Mauthausen
Jožek Kokot was born in 1923 in Oberdorf / Gornja vas as the eldest son of Jožef Kokot, who came from Sv. Vid near Grobelno (in present-day Slovenia), and his wife Magdalena Buksbaum. The family l ... read more
Jakob Gijs Rubens 1918 - 1941
Born 25.10.1918 in Amsterdam
Died 7.8.1941 in Mauthausen
Jakob Gijs Rubens, who was called Jaap, was the son of Marcus Rubens and Rebecca Rubens-Witstein. The Rubens family were liberal Jewish, not Orthodox, but the Jewish holidays were celebrated. Mr. and ... read more
Ludwik Stępniak 1902 - 1941
Born 13.8.1902 in Wola
Died 31.7.1941 in Gusen
Ludwik Stępniak was born in 1902 in Wola Owsiana in the Kutno county in Warsaw governorate in the Russian partition of Polish lands. After the First World War, when Poland achieved independence, he ... read more
Hans Schloss 1921 - 1945
Born 26.11.1921 in Frankfurt
Died 22.2.1945 in Mauthausen
Hans Werner Schloss was the son of Herman and Lilli Schloss. He escaped from Germany to Italy with his parents where they were captured and held in the Ferramonti di Tarsia and Fossoli concentration ... read more
Alfredo Vezzani 1885 - 1945
Born 16.1.1885 in Firenze
Died 24.4.1945 in Mauthausen
My great-great grandfather Alfredo Vezzani was working for Breda company in those years and was taken prisoner in 1944 and died in the camp of Mauthausen. He was born in Florence 16 January 1885 ... read more
Emile Ferdinand Lansberg 1921 - 1941
Born 27.6.1921 in Den Haag
Died 13.10.1941 in Mauthausen
Emile Ferdinand was born on June 27th, 1921 in The Hague. My mother told me he was a handsome boy, who loved to play guitar. He was an apprentice-cook in The Hague. On a Saturday afternoon, February ... read more
Antoni Ruczko 1906 - 1941
Born 10.6.1906 in Suwałki
Died 19.8.1941 in Hartheim
Antoni Ruczko lived in the small city of Sejny in Poland. He worked as a shoemaker. He had a wife, Anastasia, and two children – son Zdzisław and daughter Stanisława. He was arrested b ... read more
Piotr Krawiec 1897 - 1942
Born 1.6.1897 in Galew
Died 6.1.1942 in Gusen
He lived in Poniec. Father of six children, the last of whom was born when Piotr was already in the camp. Previously, he lived in Gorzyce, where he worked in a bakery. Then he bought a house and ... read more
Jacob Poons 1898 - 1941
Born 13.5.1898 in Den Haag
Died 12.8.1941 in Hartheim
In memory of my grandpa’s uncle, Jacob Poons Jacob Poons was born on 13 May 1898. He married Rachel Sarluïs on 9 January 1918. They had two children, Hadasse (born on 25 July 1918) and ... read more
