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Alfred Jones 1914 - 1944

Born 18.8.1914 in Port Talbot
Died 9.11.1944 in Mauthausen

Alfred Jones enlisted at Port Talbot into the Royal Artillery on 19 August 1931 aged 17, he had added a year to his age so he could join up. After training he was posted to the 22/24 Brigade and on ... read more

Филипп Георгиевич Остриков / Filipp Georgiewitsch Ostrikow 1901 - 1942

Born 21.1.1901 in Petropawlowsk
Died 9.5.1942 in Mauthausen

Filipp Georgievich Ostrikov was born on 21 January 1901 in Petropavlovsk into a poor peasant family of four children: three sons and a daughter. His childhood was marked by deprivation. After the ... read more

Henri Eischen 1885 - 1945

Born 18.5.1885 in Hemstal
Died 21.2.1945 in Mauthausen

Henri Eischen was born on 18 May 1885 in Hemstal (Luxembourg). He was a factory worker. On 25 April 1944 Henri and his wife Marie were taken into custody for assisting a deserter. First he was held ... read more

Jan Karczewski 1901 - 1942

Born 16.5.1901 in Montowo
Died 31.10.1942 in Gusen

From the life and work of Jan Karczewski 1901 Born in Montów, in the Lubawa poviat (today the Nowe Miasto poviat) in the working family of Teofil Karczewski, on 16 May, Jan was born, a ... read more

Γεώργιος Γεωργιακάκης / Georgios Georgiakakis 1914 - 1944

Born 7.9.1914 in Sougia
Died 28.8.1944 in Mauthausen

The following information about Georgios Ioannou Georgiakakis[1] and his family is taken from stories told by his cousin, Stavros Georgiakakis (born in 1932), the autobiographical testimony written ... read more

Wincenty Majorkiewicz 1905 - 1943

Born 17.4.1905
Died 16.3.1943 in Gusen

Wincenty Majorkiewicz was the son of Paweł Majorkiewicz and Agnieszka Król. His birth certificate (in Russian) is available here: ... 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

Ernesto Venegoni 1899 - 1945

Born 19.8.1899 in Legnano
Died 27.3.1945 in Linz

I am sending you a letter from Mr. Boccaccio from Turin to my grandmother Giuseppina, in which he describes my grandfather Ernesto’s final days. I am also sending a photograph of my grandfather ... read more

Vítězslav Gross 1909 - 1941

Born 12.10.1909 in Boskovice
Died 15.11.1941 in Mauthausen

Address: Náchod, Židovská 731 Profession: Head cantor of the Jewish community of Náchod His father was a teacher of religious studies. His mother was called Kateřina, n ... read more

Kozma Nushi 1909 - 1945

Born 15.6.1909 in Vuno
Died 23.1.1945 in Gusen

Kozma Nushi was born in Vuno, Albania. He lived in Lyon (France) and returned to fight for freedom and against Fascism. Kozma Nushi was taken prisoner in 1944 and deported to Mauthausen. He was ... read more