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Jan Jebavý 1908 - 1942

Born 10.5.1908 in Brno
Died 1.10.1942 in Mauthausen

Born in the Brno suburbs of Žabovřesky as the only son of Bohumila and Rudolf Jebavý (a close relative of the poet Otokar Březina, 1868–1929), Jan was educated at the classical grammar sc ... read more

José Aragón Muñoz 1904 - 1941

Born 19.4.1904 in Murcia
Died 30.7.1941 in Gusen

José Aragón Muñoz was born in Murcia (Spain) on 19 April 1904. Around 1927 he arrived in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, in the province of Barcelona (Spain), where his siblings Juana ... read more

Jan Topolewski 1890 - 1945

Born 16.1.1890 in Kowno
Died 31.5.1945 in Gusen

Jan Wojciech Topolewski – prisoner of the Auschwitz-Birkenau and Mauthausen/Gusen concentration camps, prisoner number 102403 – remembers his father Jan Topolewski, prisoner number ... read more

Marie Goedert 1900 - 1945

Born 25.9.1900 in Verleumont
Died 11.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Marie Louise Goedert (née Duboutay) was born on 25 September 1900 in Verleumont (Belgium). She lived with her husband Willy Goedert and their two sons in Luxembourg. In December 1942 she was ... read more

Joan Plans Illa 1918 - 1942

Born 11.9.1918 in Barcelona
Died 2.2.1942 in Hartheim

Joan Plans Illa lived in Barcelona in the neighbourhood of Sant Andreu. Joan’s parents were called Andreu Plans and Coloma Illa. Ricard Brustenga Guàrdia(My grandparents were friends ... read more

August Kraft 1886 - 1940

Born 13.10.1886 in Kiöwen / Kijewo
Died 1.2.1940 in Mauthausen

August Kraft (or Krafzig) was born on 13 October 1886 in Kiöwen (today’s Kijewo). When exactly or why he came to Vienna is not known. What is certain is that he was already in Vienna by ... read more

Иван Алексеевич Мишин / Iwan Alexeewitsch Mischin

Born 1912 in Nowyj Krjaschim / Machalino
Died 15.11.1942 in Gusen

My grandfather Michail Grigorevich Matvienko, a sergeant in the 117th Rifle Division, was reported missing in action near Gomel in mid-September 1941. For some years now, I have been trying, without ... read more

Hartog Eljon 1890 - 1942

Born 26.12.1890 in Amsterdam
Died 7.10.1942 in Mauthausen

Hartog Eljon came from an Amsterdam family of diamond cutters. He himself was a travelling actor who performed on stage and in several cinemas explicating mute short films. He and his second wife ... read more

Angelo Giuseppe Biffi 1909 - 1945

Born 11.6.1909 in Villa d'Adda
Died 2.5.1945 in Gusen

Angelo Giuseppe Biffi was the eldest of four children from a peasant family. Following the sudden death of his father, Angelo had to support his mother and three siblings from his wages. With the ... read more

Raphael Weichbrodt 1886 - 1942

Born 21.9.1886 in Łabiszyn
Died 31.5.1942 in Mauthausen

Raphael Weichbrodt was born on 21 September 1886 in Łabiszyn on the river Notéc (formerly in Posen province).[1] He came from a wealthy Jewish merchant family and after leaving school studied ... read more