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Abraham Teitel 1913 - 1942

Born 3.6.1913 in Zeishorn
Died 23.10.1942 in Mauthausen

Abraham Manjoe Teitel, Brink 13, Muiden, born in Zeishorn on 3 June 1913, died in Mauthausen on 23 October 1942. Abraham Manjoe Teitel was married, he was the head of his family. During the war, in ... read more

Wouter Gerhard Kuyck 1886 - 1944

Born 21.11.1886 in Den Helder
Died 28.12.1944 in Linz

Wouter Kuyck is the son of a naval officer, captain ltz O. H. Kuyck. After he has served for twelve years as an officer in the navy, Wouter accepts in 1919 a function in the NV Dutch Telegraaf ... 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

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

Gregor Kochricht 1905 - 1945

Born 3.3.1905 in Odessa / Odesa
Died 12.2.1945 in Mauthausen

Gregor (Grégoire, Grischa, Grigory) Kochricht, Born 3 March 1905 in Odessa, now Ukraine, but Russian Tsarist empire at that time. 1905 was a year of bloody pogroms and Grischa's father ... read more

Louis Colongo 1911 - 1945

Born 23.11.1911 in Aix-les-Bains
Died 31.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Raymond François Louis Colongo born on 23 November 1911 in Aix-les-Bains, Son of Quinto Colongo and Catherine, Joséphine Aprile (both Italian emigrants). Married to ... 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

Jan van der Burg 1892 - 1945

Born 3.2.1892 in Maassluis
Died 12.2.1945 in Melk

Jan van der Burg was a political prisoner (“Schutzhäftling”), who, as a member of the Dutch “Geuzen” resistance group, was arrested on 16 January 1941, and incarcerated ... read more

Kozma Nushi 1909 - 1945

Born 15.6.1909 in Vuno
Died 23.1.1945 in Gusen

Kozma Nushi was born in Vuno, Albania. He lived in Lyon (France) and returned to fight for freedom and against Fascism. Kozma Nushi was taken prisoner in 1944 and deported to Mauthausen. He was ... read more

Vilmos Nemes 1889 - 1945

Born 27.5.1889 in Nemeske
Died 6.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Vilmos Nemes (born Hausner) was the eighth of 13 children of David and Karolin Hausner (nee Weisz). He was born on 27 May 1889 in the village of Nemeske, Somogy County, Hungary. In the early ... read more