Avgust Pirjevec 1887 - 1943
Born 28.8.1887 in Gorizia
Died 9.12.1943 in Gusen
See for a detailed (Italian) biography including photos: Avgust Pirjevec (topografiaperlastoria.org) by Sasa Petejan, 2016. Thanks for the reference to Augustin Malle. read more
Karl Rupitsch 1910 - 1944
Born 17.11.1910 in Mühlbach
Died 28.10.1944 in Mauthausen
Karl was the youngest of seven siblings and became a widower and father of four early on. In 1936 he sold his mountain farm in Mühlbach and went to work in a sawmill in Goldegg. Because of a ... 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
Jean Lavigne 1922 - 1943
Born 28.10.1922 in Frouard
Died 26.9.1943 in Wiener Neustadt
The account of Jean Lavigne’s final days in the Wiener Neustadt subcamp was provided by his fellow prisoner, René Mangin. Both had the misfortune to be in the wrong place at the wrong ... 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
Josef Paul Mikulski 1886 - 1940
Born 7.1.1886 in Gleiwitz / Gliwice
Died 7.2.1940 in Mauthausen
Josef Paul Mikulski was born on 7 January 1886 in Gliwice. He worked there for the metal industry. On 26 July 1910 he married Johanna Olbrich. They lived in Gliwice. The marriage produced five ... read more
Władysław Kamiński 1894 - 1944
Born 26.11.1894 in Chodorążek
Died 17.7.1944 in Mauthausen
Władysław Kamiński was born in Chodorążek near Lipno on 26. November 1894. He orphaned six children (three daughters and three sons) and widowed his wife. He was a farmer in the Ławki settl ... read more
August Kraft 1886 - 1940
Born 13.10.1886 in Kiöwen / Kijewo
Died 1.2.1940 in Mauthausen
August Kraft (or Krafzig) was born on 13 October 1886 in Kiöwen (today’s Kijewo). When exactly or why he came to Vienna is not known. What is certain is that he was already in Vienna by ... read more
Eliezer Lipa Bloch 1889 - 1945
Born 18.6.1889 in Uman
Died 3.1.1945 in Hartheim
Eliezer Lipa Bloch was a Zionist. An activist of the General Zionist party and the director of the Israel National Fund in Poland and Tarbut school network in the 1930s. A delegate in World Zionist ... read more
Moritz Schaap 1895 - 1941
Born 18.12.1895 in Noordhorn
Died 20.10.1941 in Mauthausen
Moritz Schaap was survived by his wife, Erna Oppenheimer Schaap and son, Klaus Schaap when they fled shortly after Moritz was picked up by the Nazis. They were saved by two different families during ... read more
