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Michał Cieślar 1898 - 1940

Born 5.7.1898 in Wiśle
Died 15.9.1940 in Gusen

Michał Cieślar was a teacher and social activist. He graduated from the Protestant teachers’ seminary in Bielsko. His began his first job in 1909 at a primary school in Górki Wielkie. A ... read more

Cesare Lorenzi 1903 - 1945

Born 14.12.1903 in Guardistallo
Died 22.5.1945 in Mauthausen

Cesare Lorenzi came from a humble background and was the youngest of eight children, who were brought up by their socialist and workers’ leader father according to the ideals of fairness, ... read more

Artur Berger 1914 - 1945

Born 3.3.1914 in Niederzissen
Died 12.5.1945 in Gusen

ARTUR or ARTHUR BERGER 1914 to 1945 Arthur Berger was born in Niederzissen, Ahrweiler (district), Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany on 3 March 1914 to Julius Berger (1883-1918) and Josefine Eggener ... read more

Kaare Moursund 1895 - 1944

Born 27.3.1895 in Tromsø
Died 4.12.1944 in Melk

Kaare Moursund was born on 27 March 1895 in Tromsø as the fourth child of the lawyer and bank director Carl Anton Moursund and his wife Theodora Giæver. He trained as a ship’s ... read more

Joseph Renard 1902 - 1944

Born 29.4.1902 in Jemelle
Died 28.12.1944 in Gusen

Joseph Renard was a farmer, married and father of four children (at the age of eight, six, four and three, when he was arrested). He was mayor of the municipality of Wavreille since 1939. He was ... read more

Luka Greget 1915 - 1944

Born 12.1.1915 in Komiža
Died 5.9.1944 in Hartheim

Luka Greget was a fisherman from Komiža on the island of Vis (Dalmatia). While serving as a soldier of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia he was taken prisoner by the Germans at the start of the Second World ... read more

Hans Schloss 1921 - 1945

Born 26.11.1921 in Frankfurt
Died 22.2.1945 in Mauthausen

Hans Werner Schloss was the son of Herman and Lilli Schloss. He escaped from Germany to Italy with his parents where they were captured and held in the Ferramonti di Tarsia and Fossoli concentration ... read more

Józef Noga 1883 - 1940

Born 10.11.1883 in Dobrzec W (Kalisz)
Died 6.9.1940 in Gusen

Sadly I have to say that I don’t have any pictures of my grandfather, Józef Noga. I can only offer this small amount of information: Józef Noga, born in Dobrzec on 10 November ... read more

Jacob Polak 1913 - 1941

Born 16.9.1913 in Amsterdam
Died 18.12.1941 in Mauthausen

Japie Polak, the oldest of Liepman Polak and Roosje Spanjar’s seven sons, grew up at 89 Rapenburgerstraat in Amsterdam’s Jewish quarter. Originally his father had been a diamond cutter ... read more

Kálmán Márkusz 1896 - 1945

Born 16.12.1896 in Stana
Died 15.4.1945 in Ebensee

He was my grandfather. He died two weeks before liberation. He did not pass the selection at Ebensee and was sent back to Mauthausen to be murdered. He died on the train never reaching ... read more