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Franz Josef Messner 1896 - 1945

Born 8.12.1896 in Brixlegg
Died 23.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Messner became director or the Semperit Works in Vienna in 1937 and after 1938 maintained close links to the resistance group centred around Heinrich Maier and Walter Caldonazzi. From 1942 onwards, ... read more

Ernest Berr 1912 - 1945

Born 15.9.1912 in Toul
Died 4.4.1945 in Gusen

Louis Ernest Berr was born in Toul on 15 September 1912 and served in the French army during World War II. He was married to Lea, a citizen of Argentina, and they had a little boy, Alain, born in ... read more

Martin Vrijens 1908 - 1942

Born 5.7.1908 in Kanne
Died 20.12.1942 in Gusen

Martin Vrijens was a teacher at St-Jansschool in Waterschei / Genk / Limburg. From 1929 he taught in that school, in the beginning, the French-speaking children of the 1st and 2nd academic year. He ... read more

Ludwig Stepanik 1918 - 1944

Born 26.10.1918 in Wien
Died 21.6.1944 in Klagenfurt

In today’s Khevenhüller Barracks in the Klagenfurt district of Lendorf, from 19 November 1943 to 8 May 1945 there existed a subcamp of Mauthausen concentration camp. The concentration camp ... read more

Hermann Glück 1918 - 1945

Born 26.3.1918 in Dej
Died 30.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Hermann Glück was married and had a baby girl. His family did not survive the Holocaust. Elky Miller, niece read more

Emile Ferdinand Lansberg 1921 - 1941

Born 27.6.1921 in Den Haag
Died 13.10.1941 in Mauthausen

Emile Ferdinand was born on June 27th, 1921 in The Hague. My mother told me he was a handsome boy, who loved to play guitar. He was an apprentice-cook in The Hague. On a Saturday afternoon, February ... 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

Stanisław Renz 1894 - 1942

Born 24.4.1894 in Bednary
Died 26.12.1942 in Gusen

Stanisław Renz was born on 24 April 1894 in Bednary (Poznań poviat), son of Michał and mother Józefina, née Firlejkowa. He graduated from the elementary school in Wronczyn. Until the a ... read more

Rufin Penne 1903 - 1945

Born 25.12.1903 in Aspelare
Died 30.1.1945 in Gusen

Rufin Penne was born on 25 December 1903 in Aspelaere and died on 30 or 31 January 1945 in Gusen (number 97494). He was a director at the Ministry of Education in Brussels. During the war he was an ... read more

Fábián Weisz 1897 - 1944

Born 23.10.1897 in Rusul Bârgăului / Rusu Bârgăului
Died 12.7.1944 in Mauthausen

Fábián Weisz was married to Eltelka Blau. He lived in Des. He was a travelling salesman. He and his family were placed in the Ghetto in the Bunjar Forrest in Des. In Auschwitz he and ... read more