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Marian Fitzmann 1899 - 1940

Born 8.9.1899 in Poznań
Died 23.11.1940 in Gusen

Marian Fitzmann was a son of Marcin Fitzmann and Anna (nee Dymaczewska). Marian was one of their six children. Marian married Franciszka Sobkowiak on 30 April 1923 in Poznań/Poland, they had two ... read more

Joan Pinsach Palomeras 1916 - 1941

Born 29.10.1916 in San Julián de Ramis
Died 21.11.1941 in Gusen

Joan was the second of five children of the couple Pinsach Palomeras, based in Sarrià de Ter. He was born in Sant Julià de Ramis on October 29, 1916. The father, Salvador Pinsach ... read more

Emil Kumhala 1913 - 1941

Born 26.7.1913 in Dollnstein / Dollstein
Died 22.12.1941 in Mauthausen

My grandfather Emil Kumhala lived in Brno. He had a child and a wife. He was not Jewish. He had a grocery store and sold food to everybody including Jews. That’s why they took him to ... 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

August Schäfer 1891 - 1944

Born 12.9.1891 in Erfurt
Died 23.1.1944 in Steyr

August Schäfer is the 4th person in this photo from the bottom left. He was principal of the Luisenschule in Görlitz from 1924 until 1941. We are currently investigating the reason as to ... read more

Leon Cieślewicz 1915 - 1943

Born 10.3.1915 in Unterwalde / Jałowiec
Died 3.4.1943 in Gusen

Born in Trzuskołoń (Greater Poland, Gniezno County) on 10.03.1915. Died in Gusen (Austria) on 3.04.1943. A Polish patriot, national and Catholic activist. A member of the National Party (SN) and the C ... read more

Louis Pfeifer 1895 - 1945

Born 8.1.1895 in Bad Marienberg
Died 20.2.1945 in Mauthausen

Louis Pfeifer was the son of Wilhelm and Pauline Pfeifer, a long-established family in Bad Marienberg/Westerwald. He served in the First World War as a marine. Afterwards he worked as an engraver. ... read more

Bronisław Sobota 1922 - 1940

Born 2.9.1922 in Kempen
Died 16.11.1940 in Gusen

Born as the first son of Konrad Sobota and Wladyslawa Sobota (née Adamski). Older brother of Henryk (Henry/Heinrich), Wladyslaw, Miroslawa, and Mieczyslaw. Had no wife or children. Sandra ... read more

Stanisław Stecki 1905 - 1942

Born 10.2.1905 in Krosno
Died 29.7.1942 in Gusen

Stanisław Michał Stecki, diminutively called "Stachurek" - was born in Krosno, a city in south-eastern Poland. He was the third child of Tadeusz and Franciszka, de domo Zielińska. The older siblings a ... read more

Francisco Sánchez López 1907 - 1942

Born 22.3.1907 in Posadas
Died 9.1.1942 in Gusen

He was born on 22/03/1907 in Posadas (Córdoba, Spain). He was a day labourer. For three years he fought to defend Republican democracy until, in February 1939, he had to flee to France to ... read more