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Janusz Szaybo 1904 - 1944

Born 23.5.1904 in Starachowice
Died 9.11.1944 in Mauthausen

Janusz Szaybo came from a technically gifted nobleman's family connected with Starachowice for many years. He was born in 1904. As a sixteen-year-old adolescent he took part in the Polish-Bolshevik ... read more

Jenő Schlesinger 1893 - 1945

Born 27.3.1893 in Šurany
Died 4.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Jenő Schlesinger was the uncle of my father. His date of birth I have found in the Slovak Archive in Ivánka pri Nitre with a different year, born on 27 March 1893 in Nagysurány ... read more

Chiel Bruhand 1897 - 1945

Born 4.6.1897 in Wieliczka
Died 24.1.1945 in Mauthausen

Chiel Bruhand was born in Wieliczka, Poland, just outside of Krakow on 4 June 1897 to Brucha. He had at least one brother, Benjamin. He lived in Krakow and was a successful engineer. He built ... read more

Augustyn Łukosz 1884 - 1940

Born 17.8.1884 in Stonava / Stonawa
Died 27.10.1940 in Gusen

Augustyn Łukosz was born in Stonava, in the present-day Czech Republic. He became a railwayman, lived in Łąka and held Polish citizenship. For three years he attended the Polish primary school in St ... read more

Rafael Torres Sicilia 1919 - 1941

Born 3.2.1919 in Córdoba
Died 19.12.1941 in Gusen

Rafael was from Córdoba. When he died in the concentration camp he was 22. As a prisoner, he was transferred to Belfort, Front-Stalag 140, and then to the German camp, Stalag XI.B, ... read more

Vilhelm Gutfreund 1909 - 1945

Born 12.8.1909 in Katovice
Died 6.2.1945 in Mauthausen

Vilhelm Gutfreund was the third son of Eduard and Klára. He had brothers called Leo and Rudolf. Both parents were Jewish. His father Eduard co-owned a hat factory in Katowice and his mother ... read more

Filippo Acciarini 1888 - 1945

Born 5.3.1888 in Sellano
Died 2.3.1945 in Mauthausen

He was born in Sellano (Perugia) on 5 March 1888, but, few years after his birth, his family came back to their origin village, Recanati (Macerata). There, he studied until 1906, when the conflicts ... read more

Franz Pfau 1910 - 1940

Born 1.1.1910 in Staad bei Rohrschach
Died 7.5.1940 in Mauthausen

Franz Pfau was born on 1 January 1910 in Staad bei Rohrschach (Switzerland). A unmarried miner whose last known address was his mother’s house in Ravensburg, he was arrested in April 1938 on ... read more

Hermann Glück 1881 - 1945

Born 6.8.1881 in Makó
Died 6.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Husband of Gemma La Guardia-Gluck. Brother-in-law of then New York City Mayor, Fiorello LaGuardia. Joseph Steinberg read more

Artur Triquell Font 1903 - 1942

Born 3.7.1903 in Maials
Died 25.6.1942 in Mauthausen

He was born on 3 July 1907 in Maials (El Segrià), son of Dolors Font Miret and unknown father’s name. He was blacksmith, having one sister, Rosa, and married to Eulàlia Casas ... read more