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Camille Israel 1910 - 1945

Born 16.5.1910 in Luxembourg
Died 29.4.1945 in Ebensee

Camille Israel was born on 16 May 1910 in Luxembourg. He was a bookkeeper and fled on the day of the German invasion, on 10 May 1940, to France. There he lived in Montignac-sur-Vézère ... read more

Mauricio Ribas Pujol 1908 - 1941

Born 22.4.1908 in Manresa
Died 1.11.1941 in Gusen

Maurici Ribas Pujol was born in Manresa in 1908, at number 30 Carrer Montserrat, in the Escodines neighborhood. He was the son of Isidre and Magdalena, and the youngest of five brothers. He completed ... read more

Bronisław Warczak 1922 - 1944

Born 25.3.1922 in Struga
Died 9.5.1944 in Ebensee

In August 1943 Bronisław was arrested at the mill where he worked as a miller. He had 7 siblings. His entire family (parents and siblings, except for his brother Antoni) were arrested that day and ... read more

Antonio Bonfanti 1902 - 1945

Born 2.8.1902 in Osnago
Died 25.1.1945 in Melk

Antonia Bonfanti was a countryman and dealer in wood and coal. Accused of delivering food to groups of partisans, he was arrested by a ration card inspector. He was deported to Mauthausen ... read more

Oldřich Pechal 1913 - 1942

Born 12.5.1913 in Osvětimany
Died 22.9.1942 in Mauthausen

On 22 September 1942, First Lieutenant Oldřich Pechal, commander of the ‘Zinc’ parachute unit, was deported to the Mauthausen concentration camp. On the same day he was hanged in ... read more

Georg Bautler 1904 - 1943

Born 7.1.1904 in Cham (Oberpfalz)
Died 9.9.1943 in Mauthausen

Georg Bautler was born on 7 January 1904 in Cham.[1] A single man, he later lived in Munich at 48 Schwanthalerstraße and worked in business. The 32-year-old was probably arrested by the Munich ... read more

Josep Miret Musté 1907 - 1944

Born 14.4.1907 in Barcelona
Died 17.11.1944 in Wien

 Josep Miret Musté was born on 14 April 1907 to a working-class family in Barcelona, which had moved from the rural district of Tarragona to the Catalan capital. He learned the art of ... read more

Stanisław Polowiak 1902 - 1941

Born 19.3.1902 in Kalisz
Died 17.9.1941 in Gusen

He lived in Kalisz (Poland). He was the second husband of Marianna. His last known address in Kalisz was 4 Rzeźnicza Street. Rita Krawczyk, great-granddaughter of his step-daughter Wanda read more

Jaroslav Písko 1923 - 1945

Born 13.6.1923 in Doudleby
Died 3.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Jaroslav Písko was the uncle I never met, also killed in Mauthausen was my grandfather Jan Písko who was survived by my father Jan Písko. Grandpa was not even entered in a ... read more

Jacob Noah Finkelstein 1898 - 1945

Born 19.4.1898
Died 8.5.1945 in Wels

For more than 63 years after his liberation from Mauthausen, my father, Sol Finkelstein, was haunted by the uncertainty of what happened to his father, Jacob Noah Finkelstein. Tragically separated in ... read more