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Franc Galičič 1914 - 1943

Born 10.10.1914 in Hotovlja
Died 6.4.1943 in Gusen

Franc Galičič, born October 10 1914, was the third child and the first son of Janez Galičič, born October 15 1884. In 1910, Janez took over his father’s farm in Hotovlja near Poljane, a village ... read more

Bedřich Lamm 1930 - 1945

Born 23.1.1930 in Moravská Třebová
Died 13.5.1945 in Mauthausen

Bedřich Lamm - a symbol of the Nazi persecution of Jewish children in Moravská Třebová Bedřich was born in the interwar period into a traditional Jewish Lamm family. His fa ... read more

Иван Алексеевич Мишин / Iwan Alexeewitsch Mischin

Born 1912 in Nowyj Krjaschim / Machalino
Died 15.11.1942 in Gusen

My grandfather Michail Grigorevich Matvienko, a sergeant in the 117th Rifle Division, was reported missing in action near Gomel in mid-September 1941. For some years now, I have been trying, without ... read more

Ludwik Stępniak 1902 - 1941

Born 13.8.1902 in Wola
Died 31.7.1941 in Gusen

Ludwik Stępniak was born in 1902 in Wola Owsiana in the Kutno county in Warsaw governorate in the Russian partition of Polish lands. After the First World War, when Poland achieved independence, he ... read more

Marija Hafner 1914 - 1942

Born 29.11.1914 in Stražišče
Died 20.4.1942 in Mauthausen

On 16 April 1942 the Slovenian resistance movement shot five German collaborators, among them the German mayor of Jesenice, Karl Luckmann.  As a reprisal for this action, SS Gruppenführer ... read more

Louis de Pauw 1896 - 1945

Born 20.7.1896 in Opwijk
Died 10.5.1945 in Mauthausen

Louis de Pauw was arrested for anti-Nazi activities by the Gestapo Brussels on 4 March 1943. He was arrested at prison St. Gillis from 7 March 1943 until 5 April 1943 and at prison Gestapo HUY from 7 ... read more

Филипп Георгиевич Остриков / Filipp Georgiewitsch Ostrikow 1901 - 1942

Born 21.1.1901 in Petropawlowsk
Died 9.5.1942 in Mauthausen

Filipp Georgievich Ostrikov was born on 21 January 1901 in Petropavlovsk into a poor peasant family of four children: three sons and a daughter. His childhood was marked by deprivation. After the ... read more

Zachariasz Lesz 1892 - 1945

Born 28.5.1892 in Piotrków
Died 7.1.1945 in Melk

Zachariasz Lesz was the son of Szmuel Jakob Lesz and Ruchla Laja Lesz. Zachariasz’s true name was Szbasia Zachariasz Lesz, b. 28 May 1892 in Petrikau, Polen. He was an uncle to Jack Budkowski ... read more

Яков Семенович Агапов / Jakow Semenowitsch Agapow 1911 - 1942

Born 25.9.1911 in Potodeewo
Died 19.2.1942 in Mauthausen

Jakow Semenowitsch Agapow was a soldier and artillery gunner of the 53th battery of the 55th light artillery regiment, 61th Infantry Division. On 16 August 1941 he was taken as a prisoner near Gomel. ... read more

Γεώργιος Τσουράκης / Georgios Tsourakis 1893 - 1944

Born 8.10.1893 in Livadas
Died 7.10.1944 in Hartheim

Georgios Tsourakis (also referred to as Tsurakis) was born in 1893 in Livadas, Chania, on the Greek island of Crete. He was a farmer and a cafeteria owner and had six children (four boys and two ... read more