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David Korper 1915 - 1941

Born 31.1.1915 in Amsterdam
Died 1.8.1941 in Mauthausen

David Korper was a butcher and lived in the eastern part of Amsterdam. He was caught during the razzia of February 1941. There exists a photograph of his arrest at the Josef Daniël Meyerplein ... read more

Walter Benjamin Blau 1918 - 1941

Born 2.1.1918 in Hamburg
Died 3.7.1941 in Mauthausen

Father: Armin Blau  Mother: Ella Blau-Cohen After the eviction, Walter lived at M. Angelostraat 34, Amsterdam.  He was transported from Schoorl to Mauthausen on 11.06.1941.  Both ... read more

Eugène Michel Pierre Lavergne 1911 - 1945

Born 6.12.1911 in Paris
Died 16.2.1945 in Mauthausen

Eugène Michel Pierre Lavergne, known to all as Pierre, was unmarried and an engineer. In the Second World War he distinguished himself during fighting on the Saarland border through his ... read more

Rudolf Hösl 1903 - 1945

Born 15.2.1903 in Wien
Died 4.3.1945 in Hinterbrühl

  Over a quarter of all Austrians deported to Mauthausen concentration camp were so-called career criminals. During the harsh early period of the camp they were its only group of prisoners, and ... read more

Ervin Jakab 1923 - 1945

Born 17.2.1923 in Targu Mures
Died 28.5.1945 in Mauthausen

Ervin Jakab was born on February 17, 1923, in Targu Mures, Transylvania, Hungary, currently under the administration of Romania, father: Adolf Jakab, mother: Laura Jakab. He studied at the Jewish ... read more

Józef Federmann

Born 15.3.1912 in Kraków
Died 1945 in Mauthausen

He was married to Mina (maiden name Strauch) Skop of Koczyce, Poland before the outbreak of the war. They hid in barns until eventually going to the ghettos. They were split up at some point. Mina ... read more

Василий Андреевич Игумнов / Wasilij Andreewitsch Igumnow 1912 - 1944

Born 1.1.1912 in Pensa
Died 20.5.1944 in Gusen

Vasily Andreevich Igumnov was born in the village of Chekashovi Polyanki in the Insarsky district of Penza oblast into the peasant family of coppersmith and master boilermaker Andrei Petrovich ... read more

Алексей Михайлович Абрашкин / Alexej Michajlowitsch Abraschkin

Born 1917 in Bednodemjanowsk / Spassk
Died 3.4.1942 in Mauthausen

On 25 May 1941 he was called to the military enlistment office of the city Bednodemyanovsk Penza region and became a soldier of the 55th Light Artillery Regiment 61 Infantry Division. On 18 August ... 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

Ramón Romaguera Pastor 1918 - 1941

Born 22.3.1918 in Picassent
Died 27.11.1941 in Gusen

Born in Picassent (Valencian Community, SPAIN) in March 1918. He worked as a farmer in his hometown until he enlisted as a soldier in the Spanish Republican Army. After the Spanish Civil War ended, ... read more