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Παναγιώτης Χιωτέρης / Panagiotis Chioteris 1913 - 1944

Born 10.1.1913 in Elioli
Died 6.12.1944 in Melk

He is the brother of Konstantinos Chioteris (Κωνσταντίνος Χιωτέρης), who also died in Mauthausen. Aikaterini ... read more

Лука Яковлевич Шушкович / Luka Jakowlewitsch Schuschkowitsch 1896 - 1945

Born 13.10.1896 in Werebki
Died 27.2.1945 in Gusen

Whenever I think about my grandfather Luka Yakovlevich Shushkevich, I see a spring morning in 1944 in my mind’s eye. It was April, the sun was shining, and my grandmother was hanging the ... read more

Kazimierz Dybiec 1919 - 1945

Born 15.7.1919
Died 8.5.1945

Stanisław Dybiec lived with his family at 24 Rybaki Street in Warsaw. He owned a horse-drawn carriage company, which was seized in September 1939. In 1940 he founded his own shipping company and also ... 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

Mathias Bauer 1896 - 1940

Born 19.10.1896 in Eisenstadt
Died 14.1.1940 in Mauthausen

Mathias Bauer, a business man from Eisenstadt, unmarried, died on 14 January 1940 in Mauthausen concentration camp at the age of 43. He had been taken by the Gestapo into ‘preventative ... 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

Wincenty Majorkiewicz 1905 - 1943

Born 17.4.1905
Died 16.3.1943 in Gusen

Wincenty Majorkiewicz was the son of Paweł Majorkiewicz and Agnieszka Król. His birth certificate (in Russian) is available here: ... read more

Juan Serrano Bruno 1913 - 1942

Born 21.7.1913 in Mengíbar
Died 3.1.1942 in Gusen

He was born on July 21, 1913, in Mengíbar (Jaén, Spain). He was a day laborer by profession and married to Petra Galán Arenas. In the Spanish Civil War, he belonged to the 24th ... read more

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

Tibor Mauskopf 1929 - 1945

Born 2.4.1929 in Nitra
Died 14.3.1945 in Ebensee

All photos private property (Kristina Mikova) read more