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Jan Grochowski 1911 - 1945

Born 27.10.1911 in Przytuły
Died 8.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Jan Grochowski was the son of Roman Gerwazy Grochowski and Maria Klara Jadwiga Grochowska (Jastrzębska). He had three sisters and one brother. Łukasz Pękala, great grandnephew read more

Kurt Holger Schmahl 1910 - 1945

Born 18.1.1910 in Kopenhagen
Died 8.4.1945 in Mauthausen

In June 1933 the 23-year-old Kurt Holger Schmahl, a resident of 57 Isestraße in Hamburg, wrote to the president of the Lower Elbe State Financial Authority requesting that 35,000 Reichsmarks ... read more

Paul Giroud Trouillet 1926 - 1945

Born 21.11.1926 in Chambéry
Died 22.4.1945 in Gusen

Paul Giroud Trouillet was the third of six children. His father fought in the First World War from 1914 to 1918 and died on 9 May 1940, leaving behind a widow with six children aged five, ten, ... read more

José Parras Sánchez 1909 - 1941

Born 11.11.1909 in Palma del Río
Died 3.11.1941 in Gusen

Your brother Antonio Parras never forgot you, your family will always remember you. Adrián López Parras, great nephew read more

David Korper 1915 - 1941

Born 31.1.1915 in Amsterdam
Died 1.8.1941 in Mauthausen

David Korper was a butcher and lived in the eastern part of Amsterdam. He was caught during the razzia of February 1941. There exists a photograph of his arrest at the Josef Daniël Meyerplein ... read more

Jožef Kokot 1923 - 1944

Born 18.9.1923 in Horní Ves
Died 25.9.1944 in Mauthausen

Jožek Kokot was born in 1923 in Oberdorf / Gornja vas as the eldest son of Jožef Kokot, who came from Sv. Vid near Grobelno (in present-day Slovenia), and his wife Magdalena Buksbaum. The family l ... read more

Edward Ślusarczyk 1913 - 1943

Born 14.10.1913 in Cieszyn
Died 21.4.1943 in Mauthausen

Edward Ślusarczyk was the son of Paul und Stanisława of the Puchała family. He was a Polish teacher and a Roman Catholic. Edward Ślusarczyk wanted to change the world for the better and inspire oth ... read more

Jan Czyżewski 1884 - 1945

Born 27.8.1884 in Kłonna
Died 16.3.1945 in Ebensee

Jan Czyżewski was born on 27 August 1884[1] in Kłonna, a small village 90 km south of Warsaw. He married Ewa Dombrowska and fathered three children. He worked as a farmer and served as mayor of the v ... read more

Jan Chyżewski 1900 - 1940

Born 19.10.1900 in Włocławek
Died 26.11.1940 in Gusen

Jan Czyżewski was born on 27 August 1884[1] in Kłonna, a small village 90 km south of Warsaw. He married Ewa Dombrowska and fathered three children. He worked as a farmer and served as mayor of the v ... read more

Guido Percali 1893 - 1944

Born 19.7.1893 in Lonigo
Died 20.4.1944 in Ebensee

Guido Alberto Percali was the son of Tullio Percali and his wife Maria, nee Zandonin. Fabrizio Scabio   On 11 May 2023, the ceremony for the installation of the Stumbling Stone in memory of ... read more