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Emilie Baumanová 1916 - 1942

Born 17.2.1916 in Horoušany u Prahy
Died 24.10.1942 in Mauthausen

History of the Bauman Family Břetislav Bauman was born on 3 December 1905 and was the son of Jan and Anna Bauman. In 1911 he started to attend the local mixed primary school, which had two ... read more

Jakob Berger 1889 - 1944

Born 18.12.1889 in Kraków
Died 20.8.1944 in Melk

Jakub Berger was my Grandfather. Taken from his family in Berlin in 1938 during the Polenaktion. He ended up in his native town, Kraków, where his wife Franja joined him. Eventually he was ... read more

Charly Salomon Zwarenstein 1912 - 1942

Born 15.2.1912 in Nijmegen
Died 31.10.1942 in Mauthausen

Charly Salomon Zwarenstein was the eldest son of Salomon Zwarenstein and Helena Zwarenstein-Rubens. Charly had a brother, Jacob Cato Zwarenstein, born in Nijmegen on 13 September, 1919. Jacob was a ... read more

Antoni Boroński 1908 - 1942

Born 10.6.1908 in Pogorzela
Died 11.6.1942 in Gusen

My grandfather was 34 years old when he died in concentration camp in Mauthausen/Gusen on 11 June 1942. He had left a wife Cecylia and five children. My mother Jadwiga was the youngest of the ... read more

Richard Franke 1906 - 1943

Born 20.1.1906 in Meerane
Died 18.1.1943 in Gusen

When the new Reich Minister of Justice, Otto Georg Thierack, took up his post in late summer 1942, he was determined to reorganise the German justice system. One of the plans he had in mind was not ... read more

Stefan Filipkiewicz 1879 - 1944

Born 28.7.1879 in Tarnów
Died 23.8.1944 in Mauthausen

Stefan Filipkiewicz (born on 28 July 1879 in Tarnów, died on 23 August 1944 in Mauthausen) a painter and graphic, notable for his landscapes inspired by the Young Polish movement. He was a ... read more

Ermanno Calore 1897 - 1944

Born 21.2.1897 in Padova
Died 10.10.1944 in Hartheim

Ermanno was “arrested” and documented as “Schutzhäftling” (protective custody) for being anti-Nazi. He was held captive at Ebensee and at Mauthausen concentration camp ... read more

Stefan Czyż 1920 - 1945

Born 23.5.1920 in Borzęcin
Died 5.1.1945 in Gusen

Stefan Czyz was born on 23 May 1920 to father Karol Czyz of Rudy-Rysie/Borzecin Poland and Catharina Markiewicz. He has five other brothers. Joannes was born on 29 July 1908 in Rudy-Rysie. Stanislaus ... read more

Johann Wisiorek 1891 - 1945

Born 19.9.1891 in Kopciowice
Died 2.5.1945 in Ebensee

Johann Wisiorek was the father of Cecylia Wisiorek. Cecylia was killed in Auschwitz – she was sentenced for publishing a newspaper called Braciom na otuchę. Her father was sent to Ebensee ... read more

Alojz Ivanc 1912 - 1941

Born 21.4.1912 in Gorica
Died 23.10.1941 in Gusen

It may seem unbelievable but from the documents and testimonies it is clear that the first Slovenes in the Mauthausen and Gusen concentration camps were Spanish Republican fighters of Slovenian ... read more