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Konstanty Ćwierk 1895 - 1944

Born 21.11.1895 in Sosnowiec
Died 20.8.1944 in Gusen

Konstanty Ćwierk was born on 21 November 1895 in Sosnowiec in Poland and died on 20 August 1944 in the Gusen I concentration camp. Konstanty Ćwierk was a businessman and a talented writer and poet. H ... read more

Arne Jostein Ingebrethsen 1903 - 1945

Born 7.9.1903 in Flekkefjord
Died 7.1.1945 in Melk

Arne Ingebrethsen was born in 1903 in Flekkefjord. With a newspaper editor for a father and a typographer for a mother, it was only natural that he follow in his parents’ professional ... read more

Stefan Błochowiak 1890 - 1941

Born 23.12.1890 in Innowrocław
Died 20.8.1941 in Hartheim

Sadly, we never got to meet our grandfather Stefan Blochowiak. All we have are photos and personal documents prior to WW II, letters written to his family from concentration camps, and a few other ... read more

Roberto Carrara

Born 20.11.1915 in Verona
Died 1945 in Mauthausen

Roberto Carrara, a solder with the 77th Infantry Division, took part in the winter campaign of 1940/41 in Albania but was sent home again when his feet started to suffer from frostbite. Instead of ... read more

Јово Коста Радмановић / Jovo Kosta Radmanović

Born 1922 in Donja Gata
Died 20.12.1943 in Mauthausen

Jovo Radmanović was born in 1922 in the village of Mala Gata (Bihać). He grew up in this village, which consisted of around 30 houses. Jovo was the fifth child of Kosta Radmanović, who died in Oc ... read more

Бoка Дурмишевић / Baka Durmisević

Born 1909 in Slišane
Died 28.2.1944 in Mauthausen

Baka Durmisevic had four daughters and a son when he was taken from Serbia with his younger brother Rama who was not married then. Thankfully Baka has descendants today. Baka is my great ... read more

Helmut Stahl 1922 - 1943

Born 30.7.1922 in Stuttgart
Died 23.10.1943 in Schwechat

My great uncle, Helmut Stahl died in 1943 at the age of 21 in a Nazi concentration camp. Uncle Helmut was one of five children born to Frida and Friedrich Stahl. They grew up during World War II in ... read more

Сергей Алексеевич Бороздин / Sergej Alexeewitsch Borosdin 1916 - 1942

Born 1.9.1916 in Stalino / Donezk
Died 17.3.1942 in Mauthausen

Sergei Alexeevich Borozdin was born on 1 September 1916 into a working-class family in the city of Yuzovka (later Stalino, now Donetsk in Ukraine). He was Russian by nationality. In 1933 he completed ... read more

Alexander Katan 1899 - 1943

Born 18.11.1899 in Rotterdam
Died 27.1.1943 in Gusen

Alexander Katan was born and lived in Rotterdam, Netherlands. He was the son of Israel Marcus Katan and Celli van Gelderen. He worked in several roles as a kantoorbediende (clerk), including that of ... read more

Jozef Schoof 1905 - 1943

Born 11.9.1905 in Antwerpen
Died 21.1.1943 in Gusen

Josephus Petrus Schoof, born Antwerpen 11/09/1905, living Merksem Gagelveldenstraat 47, member of the Patriottische Milities, prisoner in Auffanglager Breendonk August - November 1942.   Frank ... read more