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Walter Schütz 1908 - 1942

Born 6.11.1908 in Liberec
Died 9.5.1942 in Mauthausen

 Walter Schütz was born on 15 November 1908 in Liberec into the Jewish family of optician Friedrich Salomon Schütz and his wife Stefanie, née Kraus. The family owned the ... read more

Győző Tihn 1900 - 1945

Born 22.5.1900 in Pestszentlőrinc / Budapest
Died 27.1.1945 in Gusen

Győző Tihn was the son of Győző Tihn sr. and Mária Hackl, and the husband of Mária Pelyva. Adam Tihn, great grandson of his brother Jozsef read more

Vilém Julius Hauner 1877 - 1941

Born 28.4.1877 in Praha
Died 31.10.1941 in Mauthausen

According to the letter I received in 1973 from Johann Maršálek on behalf the Lagergemeinschaft Mauthausen, my grandfather arrived in the Mauthausen Concentration camp with a ... read more

Георгий Дмитриевич Зобнин / Georgij Dmitriewitsch Sobnin

Born 7.11.1917 in Noschul
Died 1945 in Mauthausen

In the night of 7 April 1944, aeroplane PS-84 of the 101st Fighter Aviation Regiment did not return from a mission – it was set alight by a German fighter plane in the area around Rakvere. ... read more

Marius Johannes Ouborg 1921 - 1945

Born 23.9.1921 in Den Haag
Died 17.2.1945 in Gusen

Marius was the youngest brother of my mum Atie Johanna Ouborg; he was born in Den Haag, Netherlands. At the end of 1943 Marius tried to flee from Holland to Spain, but was caught on 2 January 1944 in ... read more

Спасоје Тепавчевић / Spasoje Tepavčević 1901 - 1944

Born 29.5.1901 in Kalinovik
Died 26.7.1944 in Hartheim

Occupation: Electrician, worked on telephone lines. Petar Bukarica, great grandson read more

Melchor Landeta Tutor 1909 - 1943

Born 6.1.1909 in Madrid
Died 15.2.1943 in Gusen

My grandmother used to say that her baby brother Angel (he was Angel Melchor, everybody called him Angel. Maybe that was too good of a name for the fascists to call him?) was the least political of ... read more

Jan Zalewski 1896 - 1945

Born 17.1.1896 in Warszawa
Died 17.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Before the war, Jan Zalewski and his family lived at 19 Rybaki Street in Warsaw. He had a taxi company which was seized in September 1939. Later he founded a horse-drawn carriage company, where his ... read more

Alfred Toczek 1919 - 1941

Born 6.8.1919 in Köln
Died 16.9.1941 in Mauthausen

Alfred Toczek was born on 6 August 1919 in Cologne and died in Mauthausen on 16 September 1941.  Alfred's younger brothers were identical twins Hans and Fritz (later John and Fred) Toczek. They ... read more

Jan van der Burg 1892 - 1945

Born 3.2.1892 in Maassluis
Died 12.2.1945 in Melk

Jan van der Burg was a political prisoner (“Schutzhäftling”), who, as a member of the Dutch “Geuzen” resistance group, was arrested on 16 January 1941, and incarcerated ... read more