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Josef Paul Mikulski 1886 - 1940

Born 7.1.1886 in Gleiwitz / Gliwice
Died 7.2.1940 in Mauthausen

Josef Paul Mikulski was born on 7 January 1886 in Gliwice. He worked there for the metal industry. On 26 July 1910 he married Johanna Olbrich. They lived in Gliwice. The marriage produced five ... read more

Jan Florian 1897 - 1942

Born 24.11.1897 in Brno
Died 7.5.1942 in Mauthausen

Jan Florian attended the First Czech State Grammar School in Brno. After gaining his school leaving certificate he was called up to the Austro-Hungarian army and fought on the Italian front in the ... read more

David Levy Kestenbaum

Born 1926 in Ťačovo / Tyachiv
Died 1945 in Gunskirchen

Kestenbaum David Levy, the youngest of eleven siblings born to Josephine Pearl Gombo and Moshe Joshua Kestenbaum, was about 19 years old when he was murdered in Gunskirchen, one of the sub-camps of ... read more

Nils Hegland 1900 - 1945

Born 14.11.1900 in Evje
Died 3.3.1945 in Melk

  Nils Hegland was born on 14 November 1900 in Evje to the north of Kristiansand. His parents were Johan Hegland, a wood merchant and sawmill owner, and his wife Inger Tonette, née ... read more

Hugo Bein 1919 - 1941

Born 31.12.1919 in München
Died 11.7.1941 in Mauthausen

Father: Arthur Bein, born in Augsburg, 11.02.1887, died in Sobibor extermination camp, 02.07.1943 Mother: Flora Bein-Wolf, born in Ichenhausen, 11.05.1891, died in Sobibor extermination camp, ... read more

Giuseppe Griva 1905 - 1945

Born 30.8.1905 in Poirino
Died 13.3.1945 in Gusen

Giuseppe Griva was the eldest of six siblings. He had always refused to join the Fascist Party. Finding no work in Italy, in 1930 he emigrated to France, working there first as a bricklayer and then ... read more

Kálmán Schwarcz 1891 - 1945

Born 11.4.1891 in Remetea-Oașului / Remetea Oașului
Died 7.1.1945 in Gusen

Kálmán Schwarcz was a well-known merchant and a respected man in Bixad, where he lived. He was married to Frida Steinfeld and had 14 children. Ronit Revach, great-granddaughter read more

Filippo Acciarini 1888 - 1945

Born 5.3.1888 in Sellano
Died 2.3.1945 in Mauthausen

He was born in Sellano (Perugia) on 5 March 1888, but, few years after his birth, his family came back to their origin village, Recanati (Macerata). There, he studied until 1906, when the conflicts ... read more

Ervin Jakab 1923 - 1945

Born 17.2.1923 in Targu Mures
Died 28.5.1945 in Mauthausen

Ervin Jakab was born on February 17, 1923, in Targu Mures, Transylvania, Hungary, currently under the administration of Romania, father: Adolf Jakab, mother: Laura Jakab. He studied at the Jewish ... 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