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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

Павел Михайлович Ковела / Pawel Michailowitsch Kowela 1902 - 1945

Born 29.6.1902 in Wolka Łosiniecka
Died .5.1945 in Mauthausen

Pavel Michailovich Kovela was born on 29 June 1902 in the village of Wolka Łosiniecka in the municipality of Paseki in the Tomaszów district of the voivodeship of Lublin (Poland) into a poor ... read more

Karl Reindl 1913 - 1945

Born 20.2.1913 in Linz
Died 28.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Karl Reindl was my uncle. His wife Theresia was my father’s sister. He was one of the 42 antifascists who were gassed as late as 28/29 April on the orders of the Gauleiter of Oberdonau, August ... read more

Rudolf Máčel

Born 26.8.1897 in Arad
Died 1942 in Mauthausen

Rudolf Máčel was born the son of a mechanic. He was of Czech nationality and a botanist by profession. After completing his primary and secondary education and a two-year course at a business ... read more

Stanisław Janczar 1913 - 1945

Born 8.9.1913 in Wyszogród
Died 9.5.1945 in Mauthausen

Franciszek and Józefa Janczar’s son was born in the Polish town of Wyszogród, in the Płock district. He was one of five children. His life was closely linked with the river Wisła f ... read more

Адам Маринковић / Adam Marinković 1892 - 1943

Born 25.10.1892 in Dragi Deo
Died 24.12.1943 in Gusen

Adam Marinković (Serbian nationality and ortodox christian, born 25 October 1892 in Dragi Deo, Kingdom of Serbia), was imprisoned in early spring of 1943, as civil hostage (“Schutzhaft, ... read more

Piotr Krawiec 1897 - 1942

Born 1.6.1897 in Galew
Died 6.1.1942 in Gusen

He lived in Poniec. Father of six children, the last of whom was born when Piotr was already in the camp. Previously, he lived in Gorzyce, where he worked in a bakery. Then he bought a house and ... read more

Marian Wiewiórkowski 1910 - 1941

Born 7.8.1910 in Opatówek
Died 6.4.1941 in Gusen

From 1937 my grandfather was the postmaster in Opatówek near Kalisz. He was imprisoned in Opatówek and in Kalisz, then deported to the Dachau concentration camp and subsequently to the ... read more

Ángel Ramírez Muñoz 1915 - 1941

Born 15.9.1915 in Montilla
Died 21.11.1941 in Gusen

He was born on 16/09/1915 in Montilla (Cordoba, Spain). He was a bricklayer and was single. As a member of the Republican army he fled to France to escape Franco's advance. There he must have been ... 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