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Ernest Berr 1912 - 1945

Born 15.9.1912 in Toul
Died 4.4.1945 in Gusen

Louis Ernest Berr was born in Toul on 15 September 1912 and served in the French army during World War II. He was married to Lea, a citizen of Argentina, and they had a little boy, Alain, born in ... read more

Александр Кузьмич Яропольский / Alexandr Kusmitsch Jaropolskij 1899 - 1945

Born 9.6.1899 in Moskwa
Died 1.3.1945 in Gusen

My grandfather Alexandr Kuzmich Yaropolsky was born on 9 June (by the old Russian calendar) / 22 June (by the new Russian calendar) 1899. The family lived in Moscow near to Krasnaya Presnya Street in ... read more

Erich Geiringer 1901 - 1945

Born 11.11.1901 in Wien
Died 7.3.1945 in Ebensee

Married to Elfriede Geiringer who survived Auschwitz and remarried to Otto Frank. Father of Heinz Felix Geiringer who died in Mauthausen, too, and Eva Geiringer (married Schloss) who ... read more

Marija Hafner 1895 - 1942

Born 19.1.1895 in Naklo
Died 20.4.1942 in Mauthausen

On 16 April 1942 the Slovenian resistance movement shot five German collaborators, among them the German mayor of Jesenice, Karl Luckmann.  As a reprisal for this action, SS Gruppenführer ... read more

Bolesław Mellerowicz 1894 - 1941

Born 23.7.1894 in Żychów
Died 21.9.1941 in Gusen

Bolesław Mellerowicz, Catholic, Polish, well respected lawyer, loving husband and father of two daughters. My Father was born in 1894 in Poland under Russian domination (Poland was partitioned by ... 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

Augustinus Herreman 1885 - 1945

Born 16.11.1885 in Sint-Niklaas
Died 10.1.1945 in Gusen

1. His story Augustinus Herreman, born on November 16, 1885, was a native of Hamme and was known as “Stin, the dyer”. In 1908 he married Célestine Vereecken and the couple had 3 ... read more

David Hartog Kropveld 1915 - 1941

Born 26.11.1915 in Amsterdam
Died 12.9.1941 in Mauthausen

His wife: Sipora Segal, Born 06.10.1913 - died Sobibor 16.04.1943     Children: Israël Samuël Kropveld, Born 25.05.1935 - died Sobibor 16.04.1943 Abraham Kropveld, Born ... read more

Γεώργιος Μηλιδάκης / Georgios Milidakis 1924 - 1944

Born .5.1924 in Kalodiki
Died 11.8.1944 in Mauthausen

Georgios Milidakis was born (May 1924) and grew up in Kokodiki, Crete. His parents were Anthony Milidakis (1880–1960) and Argiro (Michelakis) Milidakis (died in 1975). Georgios was part of the ... read more

Franco Cetrelli 1930 - 1945

Born 24.12.1930 in La Spezia
Died 22.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Franco Cetrelli was the second youngest of four siblings. Their father worked on the trams. Franco worked in Migliarina (La Spezia) as an apprentice in the photo shop of Renato Pedrini, for whom he ... read more