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Juda Nichtern (Nuchtern) 1906 - 1945

Born 14.12.1906 in Kraków
Died 26.1.1945 in Gusen

Juda was one of 12 siblings to parents Berl and Chaja Nichtern. Chaja's maiden name of Reimer. Our family spelled the last name either „Nuchtern“ („Nüchtern“) or ... read more

Karl Auge 1891 - 1942

Born 1.1.1891 in Düren
Died 6.8.1942 in Mauthausen

Karl Auge (factory worker) was the son of Egidius Auge (day labourer) and his wife Maria Auge, nee Schröder (factory worker). Lothar Böling, Bertram-Wieland-Archiv für die Geschichte ... read more

Ida Strohmer 1922 - 1945

Born 5.5.1922 in Hegyeshalom
Died 17.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Ida Beck was born on 5 May 1922 in Hegyeshalom (Hungary), the daughter of Johann and Ida Beck. At the beginning of the 1920s the family moved to Vienna and was living in the Währing district ... read more

Mathias Bauer 1896 - 1940

Born 19.10.1896 in Eisenstadt
Died 14.1.1940 in Mauthausen

Mathias Bauer, a business man from Eisenstadt, unmarried, died on 14 January 1940 in Mauthausen concentration camp at the age of 43. He had been taken by the Gestapo into ‘preventative ... read more

René Lhuillier 1899 - 1944

Born 22.8.1899 in Pexonne
Died 22.11.1944 in Melk

René Lhuillier was born on 22 April 1899 in Pexonne, Lorraine, France. He worked as a labourer. He and his son were among the 112 hostages who were captured during the raid on Sunday, 27 ... read more

Felicjan Organiściak 1922 - 1943

Born 7.6.1922 in Kórnik
Died 6.4.1943 in Gusen

Felicjan Organiściak was born in Kórnik, Greater Poland, as the second child and the first son of Władysław Organiściak, a merchant from Kórnik, and his wife Joanna Organiściak (nee Frąc ... read more

Peter van Pels 1926 - 1945

Born 8.11.1926 in Osnabrück
Died 10.5.1945 in Mauthausen

‘I sat down on the stairs, and we began to talk... Peter didn't say anything more about his parents; we just talked about books and about the past. Oh, he gazes at me with such warmth in his ... read more

Milivoj Kljaković-Gašpić 1927 - 1944

Born 8.8.1927 in Solin
Died 25.8.1944 in Hartheim

Milivoj Kljaković-Gašpić (Father Marin) was born in 1927 in Solin near Split (Dalamatia). While still at school he joined the partisan movement in September 1943 at the age of 16. As early as N ... 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

Joan Deu Casanovas 1914 - 1941

Born 27.6.1914 in Caldes de Montbui
Died 22.11.1941 in Gusen

Born in Caldes de Montbui on 27 June 1914, he was son of Prim Deu Altarriba and Mercè Casanovas Pascual. He had three sisters: Anna, Vicenta and Rosa. He was single, working as a farmer and ... read more