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Josep Sariñena Esparel 1917 - 1942

Born 29.8.1917 in Barcelona
Died 30.7.1942 in Gusen

In recent years – both through our research work and through contact with relatives of victims of the National Socialist regime – we have become witnesses to genuine family dramas of the ... read more

Мина Харламович Клишанец / Mina Charlamowitsch Klischanez 1907 - 1942

Born 14.3.1907 in Kolodniza
Died 24.10.1942 in Gusen

My great-grandfather on my mother’s side, Mina Kharlamovich Klishanets, was born on 14 March 1907 in the Russian Empire in the village of Kolodnitsa (today in the Krupsky district of the Minsk ... read more

Otýlie Petřvalksá 1912 - 1945

Born 24.12.1912 in Rožnov
Died 10.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Otýlie Petřvalská founded the resistance movement in Roznov, giving all her dowry 50.000 Kč (page 16, PDF). She was arrested in Valašské Meziříčí on 7 march 1 ... read more

Franciszek Szczeszak 1894 - 1943

Born 6.10.1894 in Markowice
Died 21.1.1943 in Mauthausen

Franciszek Szczeszak was born in Markowice near Krerowo as the son of the shoemaker Marcin (Martin) Szczeszak and his wife Elisabeth (nee Kaczmarek).  Aurelia Bartoszek Source:Civil Registry ... read more

Otakar Vrátil 1913 - 1942

Born 10.8.1913 in Louny
Died 7.1.1942 in Mauthausen

He was a student of Law at Charles University in Prague. Relative of General František Fajtl, RAF pilot, squadron leader. Dana Bauca Sastre, great-great-great-niece read more

Bernát Triebwasser 1894 - 1945

Born 13.10.1894 in Ópályi
Died 13.2.1945 in Melk

He stayed behind, while his parents and younger siblings went to the United States, to mind the horse ranch. Unknown if he was married or had children.   Penelope Trieb, great ... read more

Heinrich Schmoll 1906 - 1940

Born 16.1.1906 in Eschweiler
Died 24.4.1940 in Mauthausen

Heinrich Schmoll was the son of Peter Josef Schmoll (puddler) and Agnes Schmoll, nee Pönsgen. Lothar Böling, Bertram-Wieland-Archiv für die Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung e.V., ... read more

Chaim Ajzyk Ciechanów 1908 - 1945

Born 27.7.1908 in Płońsk
Died 30.3.1945 in Ebensee

Chaim Ajzyk, a tailor, lived during the war in Antwerp (Belgium), was displaced in 1941 for a few months to Stevoort in the province of Limburg. Chaim went on transport XXV (19 May 1944) from the ... read more

Léo Sztokmann 1900 - 1945

Born 14.11.1900 in Błaszki
Died 1.4.1945 in Gusen

Leo (Levi) Sztokmann, son of Bleeme and Feibush, was born on 14 November 1900, the second youngest of six siblings, in Blazski, Poland. Leo lived in Breslau, Germany, until Kristallnacht during ... read more

Manuel Amat Pérez 1908 - 1942

Born 8.8.1908 in Elda
Died 21.1.1942 in Gusen

He was born in Elda (Alicante) Spain, on 8 August 1908. He was the youngest of six brothers. At the beginning of the Spanish Civil War he fought in the Republican faction. As part of the Anarchist ... read more