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Josef Teufl 1904 - 1945

Born 23.11.1904 in Wien
Died 28.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Josef Teufl was born on 24 November 1904 in Vienna. He was the illegitimate son of a music teacher and a nurse. After attending primary and secondary school, Teufl was apprenticed as a metal worker ... read more

Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig 1896 - 1945

Born 20.6.1896 in Parenzo / Poreč
Died 22.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig was one of the most important figures in Italian architecture in the 1930s. Born in Istria, he enlisted in the Italian army, even though he was a citizen of the ... read more

Κωνσταντίνος Χιωτέρης / Konstantinos Chioteris 1906 - 1944

Born 20.2.1906 in Elioli
Died 13.12.1944 in Melk

Ο Κωνσταντίνος Χιωτέρης, του Δημητρίου &k ... read more

Jaroslav Písko 1923 - 1945

Born 13.6.1923 in Doudleby
Died 3.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Jaroslav Písko was the uncle I never met, also killed in Mauthausen was my grandfather Jan Písko who was survived by my father Jan Písko. Grandpa was not even entered in a ... read more

Paul Bruske 1893 - 1945

Born 5.9.1893 in Żarów
Died 12.2.1945 in Mauthausen

Paul Bruske was a father of three children living in Berlin, Germany. He was married to Kasimiera Bruske, who Paul met and married in Poland before returning to Germany. He was a tool and die maker ... read more

Karel Cabák 1920 - 1945

Born 14.4.1920 in Brňov
Died 10.4.1945 in Mauthausen

He supported the 1st Czechoslovak Partisan Brigade of Jan Žižka. Occupation agricultural worker. He was denounced to the Gestapo by Alois Juříček from Brňov, the father of Ladislav Juř& ... read more

Adolf Kozłowski 1920 - 1942

Born 7.6.1920 in Konieczno
Died 4.5.1942 in Gusen

Adolf Kozłowski was the son of Jan Kozłowski and Julia Kozłowska (nee Ruszkowska), stepbrother of Irena, Julian and Kazimierz (children of Julia Kozłowska and Stanisław Kozłowski, brother of Jan). A y ... read more

Marian Reich 1892 - 1941

Born 27.5.1892 in Poznań
Died 11.2.1941 in Gusen

Marian Tomasz Reich was the son of Kordula Jadwiga Mizgalska and Carl Wilhelm Reich. He was of Polish and German decent. He graduated from a machine building school in Poznań and worked most of his ... read more

José Ortiz Giménez 1904 - 1941

Born 25.1.1904 in Linares
Died 16.8.1941 in Hartheim

José Ortiz Jiménez was born on 21 January 1904 in Linares (Jaén) within a working-class, leftist family. Together with his six sisters and his only brother, the entire family ... read more

Franciszek Szczeszak 1894 - 1943

Born 6.10.1894 in Markowice
Died 21.1.1943 in Mauthausen

Franciszek Szczeszak was born in Markowice near Krerowo as the son of the shoemaker Marcin (Martin) Szczeszak and his wife Elisabeth (nee Kaczmarek).  Aurelia Bartoszek Source:Civil Registry ... read more