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Wilhelm Grafe 1900 - 1940

Born 5.6.1900 in Wiesenthal
Died 10.2.1940 in Mauthausen

Wilhelm was the son of Wilhelm Grafe and Antonia Fischer, the husband of Irmingard Jahn. Wilhelm was arrested for his religious beliefs („Bibelforscher“). See: Wilhelm Grafe (1900-1940) ... read more

Dino Francini 1898 - 1945

Born 2.7.1898 in Firenze
Died 17.1.1945 in Gusen

Dino Francini had lost his young wife Bianca in 1929 when she died shortly after giving birth. Their two children, a two and a half year-old boy and a thirteen day-old girl, remained with their ... read more

Adam Fuks 1913 - 1945

Born 12.10.1913 in Radom
Died 7.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Adam Fuks came from a polonized German family. His father was Franciszek Fuchs and mother Bronisława Talma. His mother family came from Saxony in mid 18th century.  Agnieszka Monika Sampanis read more

Paweł Kaleta 1897 - 1940

Born 4.1.1897 in Puńców
Died 7.11.1940 in Gusen

Paweł Kaleta (born on 4 January 1897 in Puńców, died on 7 November 1940 in KL Mauthausen-Gusen) - Polish journalist, activist of the peasant movement in Cieszyn Silesia. Initially, he was a m ... read more

Franc Glinik 1895 - 1945

Born 1.10.1895 in Prevalje
Died 8.5.1945 in Mauthausen

Franc Glinik was born to Jakob Glinik and Marija Bauh in Prevalje. The language used within the family and commonly by Glinik, who had right of residence to live in Loibach/Libuče (present-day ... read more

Николай Валков / Nikolaj Walkow 1904 - 1943

Born 27.7.1904 in Bekowo
Died 17.4.1943 in Mauthausen

Family: wife Ekaterina Alexandrowna Murawjewa, son Alexander Nikolajewitsch Walkow Elena Makarchuk, granddaughter 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

Edward Nowak 1913 - 1945

Born 13.12.1913 in Sosnowiec
Died 4.4.1945 in Gusen

Edward Nowak was born on 13 December 1913 in Sosnowiec, Poland. He worked at the coal mine “Zbyszek” in Trzebinia. He was married with four sons, and his wife Matylda was pregnant with ... read more

Max Bornstein 1924 - 1945

Born 8.6.1924 in Wien
Died 24.2.1945 in Gusen

I know very little about my uncle, as my mother, who survived Auschwitz, never told me about her family. The information I have is from what I was told by my uncle's classmates.   My uncle was ... 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