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Duilio Manzin 1895 - 1945

Born 3.6.1895 in Vicenza
Died 22.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Duilio Giuseppe Manzin was the son of Candido Manzin and his wife Angela, nee Rossi. Fabrizio Scabio 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

Jan Čipera 1889 - 1945

Born 16.8.1889 in Liteň u Berouna
Died 1.5.1945 in Mauthausen

Jan Čipera was born the son of a headteacher. He was of Czech nationality and a Roman Catholic. He completed his secondary education at a Czech school in Prague’s Third District. After his ... read more

Novak Oparušić 1909 - 1944

Born 7.7.1909 in Donji Petrovci
Died 25.7.1944 in Linz

Novak Oparušić was born as son of Zorka and Despot Oparušić in the village of Donji Petrovci in Vojvodina, Serbia, a little village of around 1.000 inhabitants, mostly farmers. His f ... read more

Jan Sztwiertnia 1911 - 1940

Born 1.6.1911 in Ustroń
Died 29.8.1940 in Gusen

Born on 1 June 1911 in Ustroń in Cieszyn Silesia, Jan Sztwiertnia studied from 1925-30 at the teacher training college in Cieszyn. Under the direction of Karol Hławiczka and Alfred Nohel, he learned t ... read more

Helmut Stahl 1922 - 1943

Born 30.7.1922 in Stuttgart
Died 23.10.1943 in Schwechat

My great uncle, Helmut Stahl died in 1943 at the age of 21 in a Nazi concentration camp. Uncle Helmut was one of five children born to Frida and Friedrich Stahl. They grew up during World War II in ... read more

Ludwik Stępniak 1902 - 1941

Born 13.8.1902 in Wola
Died 31.7.1941 in Gusen

Ludwik Stępniak was born in 1902 in Wola Owsiana in the Kutno county in Warsaw governorate in the Russian partition of Polish lands. After the First World War, when Poland achieved independence, he ... 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

František Kolaček 1881 - 1942

Born 9.12.1881 in Brno
Died 7.5.1942 in Mauthausen

František Koláček completed his school leaving certificate in 1900 at a grammar school in the Královské Vinohrady district of Prague and then enrolled in the Faculty of ... read more

Γεώργιος Δράκος Ξυλούρης / Georgios Drakos Xylouris 1923 - 1944

Born 31.10.1923 in Kroussona
Died 16.10.1944 in Hartheim

Georgios Drakos Xylouris was Drakos and Sofia Xylouris' only child. He was arrested by the German authorities in February 1942 because he offered food to Nikolaos Vidakis or Tsikalas at location ... read more