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Pankracij Schwarz 1898 - 1940

Born 11.5.1898 in St. Ulrich
Died 24.2.1940 in Mauthausen

Pankracij Schwarz (Švarc) was the son of the farmhand Maria Wasser, born in what was commonly known as Siegernig in St. Ulrich. His parents only married after his birth. Further children were ... read more

Władysław Kamiński 1894 - 1944

Born 26.11.1894 in Chodorążek
Died 17.7.1944 in Mauthausen

Władysław Kamiński was born in Chodorążek near Lipno on 26. November 1894. He orphaned six children (three daughters and three sons) and widowed his wife. He was a farmer in the Ławki settl ... read more

Herman Salomonson 1892 - 1942

Born 24.3.1892 in Amsterdam
Died 7.10.1942 in Mauthausen

‘Love blossoms... in defiance of hate’ Herman Salomonson was born in 1892, the son of Dinah Wertheim, daughter of an Amsterdam banker, and Maurits Salomonson, the child of a Jewish ... read more

Ragnvald Konrad Hansen 1909 - 1945

Born 20.9.1909 in Oslo
Died 21.2.1945 in Melk

Ragnvald Konrad Hansen was born on 20 September 1909 in Oslo, Norway. His parents were Sverre Konrad Hansen (born on 26 November 1885 in Oslo) and Viktoria Amanda Hansen (maiden name Bolmer, born on ... read more

Rudolf Máčel

Born 26.8.1897 in Arad
Died 1942 in Mauthausen

Rudolf Máčel was born the son of a mechanic. He was of Czech nationality and a botanist by profession. After completing his primary and secondary education and a two-year course at a business ... read more

Aron Goldschmied 1911 - 1945

Born 17.10.1911 in Kraków
Died 20.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Aron Izak Goldschmied was born in Podgorze (Krakow) on 17 October 1911. He was named after his paternal great grandfather. He may have been a skilled leather-worker (on a record, held at Yad Vashem, ... read more

Antanas Gutauskas 1894 - 1945

Born 25.5.1894 in Wyłkomierz / Ukmergė
Died 16.1.1945 in Ebensee

Antanas Gutauskas was Lithuanian origin. He had a wife and three children: Leonas, Jonušas and Regina when he was captured by Germans in Poland as he was a pilot and a mechanic in Polish Air ... read more

Hermann Glück 1881 - 1945

Born 6.8.1881 in Makó
Died 6.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Husband of Gemma La Guardia-Gluck. Brother-in-law of then New York City Mayor, Fiorello LaGuardia. Joseph Steinberg read more

Jacob Thalmay 1904 - 1945

Born 21.1.1904 in Warszawa
Died 9.3.1945 in Melk

Jacob Thalmay was on born 21 January 1904 in Warsaw, Poland. He and his four other siblings came to Denmark in 1905 with their parents Lipa and Hannah. He married Johanne Bornstein in 1934 and they ... read more

Chiel Bruhand 1897 - 1945

Born 4.6.1897 in Wieliczka
Died 24.1.1945 in Mauthausen

Chiel Bruhand was born in Wieliczka, Poland, just outside of Krakow on 4 June 1897 to Brucha. He had at least one brother, Benjamin. He lived in Krakow and was a successful engineer. He built ... read more