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Jan Zalewski 1896 - 1945

Born 17.1.1896 in Warszawa
Died 17.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Before the war, Jan Zalewski and his family lived at 19 Rybaki Street in Warsaw. He had a taxi company which was seized in September 1939. Later he founded a horse-drawn carriage company, where his ... read more

Herbert Julius Pollak 1917 - 1941

Born 17.4.1917 in Wien
Died 17.10.1941 in Mauthausen

Herbert Julius Pollak was the son of a couple from Prague, authorized officer (‘Prokurist’) Dr. Fritz Pollak (1890-1942, official at the car manufacturer Škoda) and his wife Ella ... read more

Johannes Hubertus Sneijkers 1912 - 1942

Born 31.12.1912 in Neeritter
Died 23.11.1942 in Mauthausen

My father, Jan Sneijkers, was born on 31 December 1912 in Neeritter and grew up in a farming family. He was a miner, but also spent a period running a café. He later died in Mauthausen. My ... read more

Margit Gross 1922 - 1945

Born 1.11.1922 in Jászfényszaru
Died 20.5.1945 in Mauthausen

Margit Gross was born on 1 November 1923 in Jászfenyszaru. Her parents were Jeanette Feldmann (1888–1944) and Mihaly Gross (1883–1944) from Aszod, who were both murdered in ... read more

Аллахверди Набиевич Джафаров / Allachwerdi Nabiewitsch Dschafarow

Born 1919 in Asirik-Dschirdachan
Died 25.6.1944 in Hartheim

Allakhverdi Nabievich Dzhafarov belonged to a group of prisoners in Mauthausen concentration camp about whom little is known, despite numbering some 4,500 people – members of the ... read more

Konrad Rózewicz 1900 - 1941

Born 24.11.1900
Died 16.8.1941 in Gusen

Konrad Rózewicz was born on 24 November 1900 in Sępólno (then Zempelburg in the so-called Polish Corridor) and died on 16 August 1941 in Gusen. According to the arrivals list of ... read more

Artur Berger 1914 - 1945

Born 3.3.1914 in Niederzissen
Died 12.5.1945 in Gusen

ARTUR or ARTHUR BERGER 1914 to 1945 Arthur Berger was born in Niederzissen, Ahrweiler (district), Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany on 3 March 1914 to Julius Berger (1883-1918) and Josefine Eggener ... 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

Karel Hudomalj 1905 - 1944

Born 18.10.1905 in Zagorje
Died 27.9.1944 in Mauthausen

  Karel Hudomalj was a remarkable figure with an extensive political career. By profession he was a mechanic and, like many of his countrymen, he started his career in a coal mine. But his ... read more

Ángel Ramírez Muñoz 1915 - 1941

Born 15.9.1915 in Montilla
Died 21.11.1941 in Gusen

He was born on 16/09/1915 in Montilla (Cordoba, Spain). He was a bricklayer and was single. As a member of the Republican army he fled to France to escape Franco's advance. There he must have been ... read more