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Janusz Wieluński 1924 - 1945

Born 2.4.1924 in Warszawa
Died 6.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Janusz Wieluński was born on 2 April 1924 in Warsaw. In 1944 he finished the State School of Civil and Water Engineering with the water engineering specialization (Staatliche Fachschule für ... read more

Otto Michael Popper 1915 - 1944

Born 6.10.1915 in Wien
Died 25.10.1944 in Linz

Otto Michael Popper was born on 6 October 1915 in Vienna, Austria. He was an Austrian citizen and the son of Dr. Michael (Ottokar) Popper (1859–1942, central manager of the Clam-Gallas estate) ... read more

Miklos Vázsonyi 1904 - 1945

Born 29.3.1904 in Budapest
Died .6.1945 in Gunskirchen

Dr. Miklós Vázsonyi (-Pataj: March 29, 1904 - June, 1945), lived in Budapest, Hungary, and was married to Hedwig (née Felsner; 1905 - 1984), father of Gábor Elek (1929 - ... read more

Thomas Trevor 1890 - 1944

Born 26.12.1890 in Wrexham
Died 13.11.1944 in Mauthausen

Thomas was born in Wrexham, Wales, to John and Eliza in 1890. After serving in France during the First World war he met and married his wife Adele. They had a daughter called Lottie and settled in ... read more

Alexander Zisha Grosz 1897 - 1945

Born 22.5.1897 in Zemplénagárd
Died 28.4.1945 in Auf dem Todesmarsch nach Gunskirchen

Alexander Zisha Grosz was born on 22 May 1897 in Zemplénagárd, a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County in northeastern Hungary. Alexander was the eldest of three children ... 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

Antonín Prokeš 1889 - 1941

Born 12.6.1889 in Praha
Died 21.12.1941 in Mauthausen

Antonín Prokeš was an agricultural economist and sociologist of rural regions. He was born into a metalworker’s family. He had two sisters and one brother and married ... read more

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

Leo Haber 1881 - 1941

Born 21.1.1881 in Leszezille
Died 14.10.1941 in Mauthausen

Josub Leib (Leo) Haber was my maternal grandfather. He was married to Alice nee Jellinek and father of Hilde Judith Haber Frankl and Edith Haber Kallir. He owned a shoe store at ... read more

Angelo Giuseppe Biffi 1909 - 1945

Born 11.6.1909 in Villa d'Adda
Died 2.5.1945 in Gusen

Angelo Giuseppe Biffi was the eldest of four children from a peasant family. Following the sudden death of his father, Angelo had to support his mother and three siblings from his wages. With the ... read more