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Maarten Marynis 1914 - 1945

Born 12.11.1914 in Noordwijk
Died 20.2.1945 in Gusen

Maarten Marynis was a police officer and married to Paulina Johanna van Venetien. He was a member of the Dutch underground resistance.   Magda Jacobs-Ultee, niece; Karoline van Doorn, ... 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

Herbert Littmann 1919 - 1942

Born 25.9.1919 in Berlin
Died 3.2.1942 in Mauthausen

The photograph shows Herbert Littmann, he is working in the forge of the work village. Here he learned to be a locksmith and fine metalworker. Robert Warnars read more

Wiktor Potarzycki 1889 - 1940

Born 9.9.1889 in Gordów
Died 12.8.1940 in Gusen

Wiktor Potarzycki was a teacher and was married to Franciszka Potarzycka, They had two daughters, Maria and Halina. Wiktor was a Polish officer and fought in First World War. He was sergeant. After ... read more

Ernesto Venegoni 1899 - 1945

Born 19.8.1899 in Legnano
Died 27.3.1945 in Linz

I am sending you a letter from Mr. Boccaccio from Turin to my grandmother Giuseppina, in which he describes my grandfather Ernesto’s final days. I am also sending a photograph of my grandfather ... read more

Adolfo Lozano Olazabal 1897 - 1941

Born 27.9.1897 in Villabona
Died 7.11.1941 in Gusen

Adolfo Lozano Olazabal died on 7 November 1941 in the Mauthausen/Gusen extermination camp. ‘[T]hey were defeated by the Francoist army and fled into exile in fear of repression. Of all the ... read more

August Schäfer 1891 - 1944

Born 12.9.1891 in Erfurt
Died 23.1.1944 in Steyr

August Schäfer is the 4th person in this photo from the bottom left. He was principal of the Luisenschule in Görlitz from 1924 until 1941. We are currently investigating the reason as to ... read more

Ricardo García Baonza 1909 - 1941

Born 7.2.1909 in Cabanillas de la Sierra
Died 23.12.1941 in Gusen

Son of Celedonio García y García and Beatriz Baonza, grandson of Luciano García y García. read more

Cornelis Carel Braggaar 1913 - 1944

Born 23.9.1913 in Amsterdam
Died 6.9.1944 in Mauthausen

After graduating from nautical college, Kees Braggaar joined the Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij (Dutch Steam Shipping Line) as third helmsman. He went on some voyages to India. However, when in ... read more

Edmund Miller 1913 - 1942

Born 25.1.1913 in Warszawa
Died 19.9.1942 in Mauthausen

Edmund Karol Miller was in 1942 husband of Janina and father of little daughter Mirosława who was less than one year old when Edmund was arrested and taken to Auschwitz. Edmund’s wife, Janina, ... read more