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Dante Spallanzani 1907 - 1945

Born 9.8.1907 in Genova
Died 31.1.1945 in Melk

Dante Spallanzani born on 9 August 1907 in Sampierdarena (Genoa), lived in Milan in Viale Lombardia 11 and worked at Caproni. He was arrested on 11 March 1944, deported to Mauthausen (matriculation ... read more

Leman Mok 1912 - 1942

Born 23.10.1912 in Amsterdam
Died 7.7.1942 in Mauthausen

Mok Leman was born in Amsterdam on the 23 October 1912.He had two sisters, Elisheva who was two years older than him and Yehudit who was three years younger than him.In 1922, when he was ten years ... read more

Егор Степанович Бирын / Egor Stepanowitsch Biryn 1909 - 1942

Born 3.3.1909 in Serman
Died 16.10.1942 in Gusen

Егор Степанович Бирин / Egor Stepanowitsch Biryn was born in the village Serman, Nikolsky district of the Penza region. He was a soldier and had been missing in October 1941. His wife Matrona Vasilevn ... read more

Erwin Cohn 1923 - 1941

Born 9.6.1923 in Hamburg
Died 25.8.1941 in Mauthausen

The Cohn family already lived in the Isestraße before 1933. Max Cohn (1891–1941) had attended the higher vocational school by the Holstentor gate and then studied business. With his first ... read more

Aroldo Signori 1915 - 1945

Born 27.10.1915 in Caldana
Died 27.2.1945 in Ebensee

After emigrating from Italy in flight from Mussolini’s Fascism, Egidio and Guglielma Signori settled in the mining town of Homécourt (department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, France) with their ... read more

Josef Paul Mikulski 1886 - 1940

Born 7.1.1886 in Gleiwitz / Gliwice
Died 7.2.1940 in Mauthausen

Josef Paul Mikulski was born on 7 January 1886 in Gliwice. He worked there for the metal industry. On 26 July 1910 he married Johanna Olbrich. They lived in Gliwice. The marriage produced five ... read more

Walter Benjamin Blau 1918 - 1941

Born 2.1.1918 in Hamburg
Died 3.7.1941 in Mauthausen

Father: Armin Blau  Mother: Ella Blau-Cohen After the eviction, Walter lived at M. Angelostraat 34, Amsterdam.  He was transported from Schoorl to Mauthausen on 11.06.1941.  Both ... read more

Izidor Blum 1896 - 1945

Born 16.7.1896 in Cepari
Died 19.3.1945 in Melk

Izidor (Israel Leib) Blum was born to Wolf and Golda Blum on 16 July 1896, in Cepari/Bistritz, Transylvania, the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He had four brothers: ... read more

Kazimierz Wróblewski 1909 - 1944

Born 14.5.1909 in Adamów
Died 2.3.1944 in Mauthausen

Loving husband of Irena and father of three small children Danuta, Sylwester and Krystyna was taken away from his home at night in Adamowo and never came back. He will always be remembered by his ... read more

Konstanty Ćwierk 1895 - 1944

Born 21.11.1895 in Sosnowiec
Died 20.8.1944 in Gusen

Konstanty Ćwierk was born on 21 November 1895 in Sosnowiec in Poland and died on 20 August 1944 in the Gusen I concentration camp. Konstanty Ćwierk was a businessman and a talented writer and poet. H ... read more