René Lhuillier 1925 - 1944
Born 20.4.1925 in Pexonne
Died 23.12.1944 in Melk
René Lhuillier was born on 20 April 1925 in Pexonne, Lorraine, France. He was a baker by trade. He and his father were among the 112 hostages who were captured during the raid on Sunday, 27 ... read more
Johann Baptist Steinacker 1870 - 1944
Born 20.11.1870 in Odenheim / Östringen
Died 14.4.1944 in Mauthausen
The tailor Johann Baptist (‘Hermann’, ‘Gries’) Steinacker was born on 20 November 1870 in Odenheim (district of Karlsruhe) and later lived in Barmen and Wuppertal-Barmen. Even ... read more
Louis de Pauw 1896 - 1945
Born 20.7.1896 in Opwijk
Died 10.5.1945 in Mauthausen
Louis de Pauw was arrested for anti-Nazi activities by the Gestapo Brussels on 4 March 1943. He was arrested at prison St. Gillis from 7 March 1943 until 5 April 1943 and at prison Gestapo HUY from 7 ... read more
Carolus Marinus Popelier 1918 - 1945
Born 29.10.1918 in Gorinchem
Died 23.2.1945 in Mauthausen
As a prospective reserve officer flyer Royal Navy, Carolus Marinus Popelier was taken prisoner on 15 May 1942 in Roermond, Netherlands. The same day he was transported to Oflag XIII B ... read more
Olaf Eugen Paulus 1898 - 1945
Born 7.11.1898 in Stavanger
Died 13.1.1945 in Melk
Olaf Eugen Paulus was born on 7 November 1898 in Stavanger. He was the son of Olaf Paulus and Dagny Nitter. With a noted composer for a father and a music teacher for a mother, it was natural that ... read more
Александр Кузьмич Яропольский / Alexandr Kusmitsch Jaropolskij 1899 - 1945
Born 9.6.1899 in Moskwa
Died 1.3.1945 in Gusen
My grandfather Alexandr Kuzmich Yaropolsky was born on 9 June (by the old Russian calendar) / 22 June (by the new Russian calendar) 1899. The family lived in Moscow near to Krasnaya Presnya Street in ... read more
Rudolf Mokesch 1903 - 1940
Born 12.4.1903 in Rabensburg
Died 28.9.1940 in Mauthausen
You’re going to die. Maybe you suspect it. Walking in worn out shoes. With bare hands. [There isn’t much of another option anyway.] But you don’t know it yet. I know it. ... read more
Duilio Manzin 1895 - 1945
Born 3.6.1895 in Vicenza
Died 22.4.1945 in Mauthausen
Duilio Giuseppe Manzin was the son of Candido Manzin and his wife Angela, nee Rossi. Fabrizio Scabio read more
Guglielmo Corradini 1896 - 1941
Born 6.6.1896 in Scandiano
Died 11.8.1941 in Gusen
Born in Scandiano, province of Reggio Emilia, Italy on 6 June 1896. Son of Anselmo and Benvenuta Prampolini. Profession: cement worker. As a socialist, he expatriates to Paris, France, on 20 ... read more
Hans Alfred Meyers Miers 1922 - 1941
Born 1.12.1922 in Berlin
Died 23.9.1941 in Mauthausen
Annie Cohen was 15 years old when she met Hans Miers at a Christmas ball in 1939, four months before the Germans occupied the Netherlands. A Jewish girl meeting a Jewish boy at Christmas. What could ... read more