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Georges Belin 1902 - 1945

Born 3.10.1902 in Pexonne
Died 16.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Georges Belin was born on 3 October 1902 in Pexonne, he married Jeanne Cuny in 1929 and had two children with her: Geneviève, born on 4 January 1932, and Pierre, born on 22 April 1937. After ... read more

Karl Rupitsch 1910 - 1944

Born 17.11.1910 in Mühlbach
Died 28.10.1944 in Mauthausen

Karl was the youngest of seven siblings and became a widower and father of four early on. In 1936 he sold his mountain farm in Mühlbach and went to work in a sawmill in Goldegg. Because of a ... 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

Kazimierz Wróblewski 1909 - 1944

Born 14.5.1909 in Adamów
Died 2.3.1944 in Mauthausen

Loving husband of Irena and father of three small children Danuta, Sylwester and Krystyna was taken away from his home at night in Adamowo and never came back. He will always be remembered by his ... read more

Yaakov Lev Weiss 1889 - 1945

Born 15.10.1889 in Poľana / Polyana
Died 10.1.1945 in Melk

From a letter from Martin Weiss, 29 December 2014: ‘I am gladdened that you are pursuing this long neglected but important project. Sadly, I cannot give you any names since I forgot their ... read more

Břetislav Bauman 1905 - 1942

Born 3.12.1905 in Horoušany u Prahy / Horoušany
Died 24.10.1942 in Mauthausen

History of the Bauman Family Břetislav Bauman was born on 3 December 1905 and was the son of Jan and Anna Bauman. In 1911 he started to attend the local mixed primary school, which had two classes. ... read more

Fritz Sidlof 1917 - 1945

Born 8.6.1917 in Wien
Died 1.5.1945 in Gusen

Fritz was the beloved son of Regina and Leopoldo Sidlof, who both died in 1942, and most loved brother of his sister Julie pictured here in 1938. Fritz was planning to study architecture in Vienna ... read more

Cornelis Carel Braggaar 1913 - 1944

Born 23.9.1913 in Amsterdam
Died 6.9.1944 in Mauthausen

After graduating from nautical college, Kees Braggaar joined the Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij (Dutch Steam Shipping Line) as third helmsman. He went on some voyages to India. However, when in ... read more

Λέων Μπέτσικας / Leon Betsikas 1917 - 1945

Born 3.3.1917 in Chania
Died 24.4.1945 in Ebensee

Leon Betsikas was born on 3 March 1917 in Hania and he lived with his parents (Raphael and Perla) and his four sisters (Hrysoula, Anna, Sterina und Sara) near the Etz Hayyim Synagogue in the old town ... read more

Julian Dusik 1894 - 1945

Born 23.12.1894 in Łęki
Died 15.3.1945 in Melk

Julian Dusik was born on 23 December 1894 in Łęki (municipality of Kęty, Oświęcim district) and was the son of Józef and Agata, née Chwierut. During the First World War he fought in the ... read more