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Fritz Sidlof 1917 - 1945

Born 8.6.1917 in Wien
Died 1.5.1945 in Gusen

Fritz was the beloved son of Regina and Leopoldo Sidlof, who both died in 1942, and most loved brother of his sister Julie pictured here in 1938. Fritz was planning to study architecture in Vienna ... read more

Живан Бркић / Živan Brkić 1924 - 1944

Born 12.12.1924 in Kragujevac
Died 20.1.1944 in Gusen

Živan Brkić was born 121.12.1924. in Kragujevac, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He was a member of Yugoslavian Royal Army. His roots comes from Serbian Orthodox family, from father Milovan Brkić and mother So ... read more

Edmund Bursche 1881 - 1940

Born 17.7.1881 in Zgierz
Died 25.7.1940 in Gusen

The pastor Prof. Edmund Bursche was born on 17 July 1881 in Zgierz and was a Polish Protestant theologian and church historian. He was the son of the pastor Ernest Wilhelm Bursche and the ... read more

Romain Ruelle 1903 - 1942

Born 13.3.1903 in Antwerpen
Died 13.12.1942 in Gusen

Romanus Henricus Ruelle was born on the 13th of March 1903 in Antwerp as the youngest of three sons. Together with his parents and his brothers Henricus Antonius (* 12/03/1899 Antwerp) and Eduardus ... read more

Maurycy Warenhaupt 1895 - 1944

Born 16.3.1895 in Okocim
Died 27.12.1944 in Mauthausen

Maurycy was a farmer and the son of David Steinlauf and Mindel, nee Warenhaupt. Richard Mintz, related through marriage   Sources: Birth record - listed as Mojzesz Warenhaupt (1895  ... 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

Wojciech Wojcieszak 1894 - 1941

Born 19.3.1894 in Niestronno
Died 22.4.1941 in Gusen

Wojciech Wojcieszak was born on 19 March 1894 in Niestronno, Poland, in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in the Mogilno poviat, in the Mogilno commune. His mother was called Anna Wojcieszak. The ... read more

Ephim Chapiro 1897 - 1945

Born 16.8.1897 in Minsk
Died 17.2.1945 in Mauthausen

Ephim Chapiro was a French Jew married to Rosa Gingold. He had one child, Yvette Chapiro. He hid out in Lyon during the war, but was ultimately caught and arrested on August 7, 1944. He was sent ... read more

Vincenzo Salcito 1921 - 1945

Born 16.11.1921 in Pisa
Died 30.4.1945 in Mauthausen

On 16 Februar 1944 Antonia Salcito, father of seven children, captain of the Brigata Garibaldi of Foligno, was arrested in Roviglieto (Perugia) together with his son Vincenzo; his son Franco was also ... 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