Emil Kumhala 1913 - 1941
Born 26.7.1913 in Dollnstein / Dollstein
Died 22.12.1941 in Mauthausen
My grandfather Emil Kumhala lived in Brno. He had a child and a wife. He was not Jewish. He had a grocery store and sold food to everybody including Jews. That’s why they took him to ... read more
Иван Алексеевич Мишин / Iwan Alexeewitsch Mischin
Born 1912 in Nowyj Krjaschim / Machalino
Died 15.11.1942 in Gusen
My grandfather Michail Grigorevich Matvienko, a sergeant in the 117th Rifle Division, was reported missing in action near Gomel in mid-September 1941. For some years now, I have been trying, without ... read more
Christian Decker 1905 - 1943
Born 5.6.1905 in Düren
Died 25.3.1943 in Mauthausen
Christian Decker was the son of Johann Decker (unskilled worker) and Anna Sibilla Decker, nee Breuer. Lothar Böling, Bertram-Wieland-Archiv für die Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung e.V., ... read more
Joan Pinsach Palomeras 1916 - 1941
Born 29.10.1916 in San Julián de Ramis
Died 21.11.1941 in Gusen
Joan was the second of five children of the couple Pinsach Palomeras, based in Sarrià de Ter. He was born in Sant Julià de Ramis on October 29, 1916. The father, Salvador Pinsach ... read more
Andrea Zanon 1891 - 1945
Born 5.8.1891 in Schio
Died 15.3.1945 in Gusen
The family of Andrea Zanon (prisoner number 115783) originally came from Val di Rabbi (Trentino). He took part in both the Libyan War and the First World War as a mountain trooper and was awarded the ... read more
Миодраг Никитовић / Miodrag Nikitović 1921 - 1943
Born 6.8.1921 in Ribarska Banja
Died 19.10.1943 in Gusen
In autumn 1976, Mrs. Milica Smiljanić, the sister of Miodrag Nikitović, told her brother’s story to the Belgrade Historical Archive and handed over some letters sent by him to his family during ... read more
Wacław Prokop 1896 - 1941
Born 2.8.1896 in Wróblew
Died 27.4.1941 in Gusen
After my grandmother’s death I found a letter from KZ Mauthausen about her father and my great-grandfather Wacław Prokop among family memories. When I was a school girl my grandmother told me ... 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
Félix Paredes Consuegra 1918 - 1941
Born 1.5.1918 in Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo
Died 30.11.1941 in Gusen
Born on 01/05/1918 in Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo (Córdoba, Spain). He was a bricklayer and was single. He was captured in Fronstalag 184, in Angoulême, from where the convoy called ... read more
Raffaello Giolli 1889 - 1945
Born 3.4.1889 in Alessandria
Died 6.1.1945 in Gusen
At a time when freedom was worth nothing, Raffaello Giolli was an indomitable intellectual. Born in 1889 in Alessandria, he showed an interest in art already very early on; while still at school he ... read more
