Back

Biographies

Biographical details are available for the following names:


Augustinus Herreman 1885 - 1945

Born 16.11.1885 in Sint-Niklaas
Died 10.1.1945 in Gusen

1. His story Augustinus Herreman, born on November 16, 1885, was a native of Hamme and was known as “Stin, the dyer”. In 1908 he married Célestine Vereecken and the couple had 3 ... read more

Albert van der Linden 1902 - 1942

Born 1.12.1902 in Amsterdam
Died 22.10.1942 in Mauthausen

His mother Marianne Eisendrath, his sisters Sophie van der Linden, Frederika van der Linden, Hendrina van der Linden, and brother Joseph van der Linden's lives were all taken in Sobibor between 1942 ... read more

Józef Kalejta 1894 - 1941

Born 17.8.1894 in Zielone
Died 7.4.1941 in Gusen

Józef Kalejta was born 17 August 1894. Until 1914 he studied at a teacher training college. At the start of the war in 1914 he was forcibly enrolled into the Russian army, where he served as a ... read more

Józef Noga 1883 - 1940

Born 10.11.1883 in Dobrzec W (Kalisz)
Died 6.9.1940 in Gusen

Sadly I have to say that I don’t have any pictures of my grandfather, Józef Noga. I can only offer this small amount of information: Józef Noga, born in Dobrzec on 10 November ... read more

Thorvald Markus Thorkildsen 1901 - 1945

Born 5.12.1901 in Mandal
Died 14.3.1945 in Ebensee

Thorvald Markus Thorkildsen, born on 5 December 1901 in Mandal, lived in Flekkefjord. He was married to Emmy Johanne Kvarø, born on 26 December 1909. They had three children: Arne, born on 12 ... read more

Gerrit van der Bijl 1920 - 1941

Born 12.2.1920 in Amsterdam
Died 11.8.1941 in Hartheim

Gerrit van der Bijl, oldest son of Simon van der Bijl (Amsterdam 21 August 1897 – Sobibor 16 April 1943) and Jetje Winnik (Amsterdam 27 July 1895 – Sobibor 16 April 1943). He had a ... read more

Max Ferk 1914 - 1945

Born 22.9.1914 in Kronenberg/Kronska Gora
Died 21.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Max was born in 1914 in the small village of Kronenberg in the northern part of Slovenia (today's Kronska Gora) above the town of Otiski Vrh near Dravograd. His father Joannes Ferk (born 1876) was ... read more

Guido Percali 1893 - 1944

Born 19.7.1893 in Lonigo
Died 20.4.1944 in Ebensee

Guido Alberto Percali was the son of Tullio Percali and his wife Maria, nee Zandonin. Fabrizio Scabio   On 11 May 2023, the ceremony for the installation of the Stumbling Stone in memory of ... read more

Marcel Lacroix 1926 - 1945

Born 6.7.1926 in Pont-à-Mousson
Died 30.3.1945 in Gusen

Marcel Lacroix, born in 1926, and Stéphane Lewandowski, born in 1925, are among the few Frenchmen to be deported to Mauthausen only after they had experienced the heady feeling of having ... read more

Heinz Felix Geiringer 1926 - 1945

Born 12.7.1926 in Wien
Died 26.4.1945 in Ebensee

Son of Erich Geiringer who died in Mauthausen, too, and Elfriede Geiringer who survived Auschwitz and remarried to Otto Frank. Brother Eva Geiringer (married Schloss) who survived Auschwitz. Tami ... read more