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Livio Cracco 1911 - 1945

Born 14.11.1911 in Schio
Died 3.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Livio Cracco was the son of Giovanni Cracco and Bona Zaltron. Despite his humble background and his job, he had a certain level of education, which he nurtured in his spare time by reading books. ... read more

Jan Fabiański 1911 - 1944

Born 24.11.1911 in Warszawa
Died 20.12.1944 in Gusen

Jan Fabiański was born in Warsaw on 24 November 1911 (birth certificate no. 505 from St. Cross parish church in Warsaw) to Adam Fabiański and Marianna Fabiańska born Jamiołkowska. He was born in the h ... read more

Jan Kowalski 1897 - 1945

Born 28.9.1897 in Przysucha
Died 27.1.1945 in Gusen

Jan Kowalski was born in Przysucha in Poland. He moved to Warsaw with his girlfriend Bronisława (maiden name Pawlik) from Pomykow. They married and lived at Powisle district of Warsaw, at 8 Browarna ... 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

Peter van Pels 1926 - 1945

Born 8.11.1926 in Osnabrück
Died 10.5.1945 in Mauthausen

‘I sat down on the stairs, and we began to talk... Peter didn't say anything more about his parents; we just talked about books and about the past. Oh, he gazes at me with such warmth in his ... read more

Jean-Marcel Pilet 1925 - 1945

Born 2.10.1925 in St-Ciers-de-Canesse
Died 20.2.1945 in Melk

 BORN ON 2 OCTOBER 1925 IN ST CIERS DE CANESSE (33) - FRANCE HE IS THE YOUNGEST OF A FAMILY OF THREE BOYS AND TWO GIRLS   ON 2 NOVEMBER 1943, in resistance to the STO (Service ... read more

Jaroslav Písko 1923 - 1945

Born 13.6.1923 in Doudleby
Died 3.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Jaroslav Písko was the uncle I never met, also killed in Mauthausen was my grandfather Jan Písko who was survived by my father Jan Písko. Grandpa was not even entered in a ... read more

Jan Grochowski 1911 - 1945

Born 27.10.1911 in Przytuły
Died 8.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Jan Grochowski was the son of Roman Gerwazy Grochowski and Maria Klara Jadwiga Grochowska (Jastrzębska). He had three sisters and one brother. Łukasz Pękala, great grandnephew read more

Salomon Salzedo 1906 - 1942

Born 13.7.1906 in Amsterdam
Died 12.10.1942 in Mauthausen

Salomon Salzedo was born on 13 July 1906 in Amsterdam. He had a sister, Evalina (*1908), and a brother, Samuel (*1913). Salomon was a salesman in haberdashery. On March 23, 1939 he married Frederika ... read more

Dina de Leve-Cohen 1919 - 1945

Born 16.10.1919 in Groningen
Died 20.3.1945 in Mauthausen

  The Dutch Jew Dina (Dineke) de Leve was born on 16 October 1919 in Groningen in the Netherlands. She was the daughter of Simon Cohen and Amalia Hemelrijk. Dineke was a nurse by profession. ... read more