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Marcin Wasyluk 1902 - 1944

Born 7.10.1902 in Mokrany Stare
Died 25.12.1944 in Melk

Marcin Wasyluk was the father of Marcin Wasyluk, a prisoner at the Mauthausen camp, who died on 17 June 1945.Ryszard Wasyluk, nephew (son of his brother) read more

Zygmunt Pydynowski 1905 - 1943

Born 16.12.1905 in Ślepowrony
Died 22.9.1943 in Mauthausen

Born on 16 December 1905 in Ślepowrony. Died on 22 September 1943 in Mauthausen. According to the oral record, he was arrested and imprisoned in a concentration camp as a result of provocation by the ... read more

Ибраш Крутаевич Кунтаев / Ibrasch Krutaewitsch Kuntaew 1907 - 1944

Born 25.1.1907 in Krutaya
Died 7.7.1944 in Hartheim

  Ibrash Kuntaev was born on 25 January 1907 in Krutaya, a village in the Kamensk region of West Kazakhstan. He had two brothers. However, his parents and the middle of the three brothers died ... read more

Борис Георгиевич Балаев / Boris Georgiewitsch Balaew 1907 - 1944

Born 25.8.1907 in Pensenskaja obl., Kusnezkij r.
Died 26.4.1944 in Mauthausen

Balaew was second lieutenant and platoon commander of the 65th tank regiment, 12th Guards Rifle Corps. On 28 May 1943, in command of a tank T-34 with the objective to seize the village Onufrievo, ... read more

Francesco Affaba 1898 - 1945

Born 3.2.1898 in Salerano sul Lambro
Died 4.2.1945 in Gusen

Francesco Affaba, my paternal grandfather, was born in Salerano sul lambro, provincia di Lodi. He was incarcerated in San Vittore and then in Bergamo around 20 March 1944. He was deported to ... read more

René Lhuillier 1925 - 1944

Born 20.4.1925 in Pexonne
Died 23.12.1944 in Melk

René Lhuillier was born on 20 April 1925 in Pexonne, Lorraine, France. He was a baker by trade. He and his father were among the 112 hostages who were captured during the raid on Sunday, 27 ... read more

Лука Яковлевич Шушкович / Luka Jakowlewitsch Schuschkowitsch 1896 - 1945

Born 13.10.1896 in Werebki
Died 27.2.1945 in Gusen

Whenever I think about my grandfather Luka Yakovlevich Shushkevich, I see a spring morning in 1944 in my mind’s eye. It was April, the sun was shining, and my grandmother was hanging the ... read more

Chiel Bruhand 1897 - 1945

Born 4.6.1897 in Wieliczka
Died 24.1.1945 in Mauthausen

Chiel Bruhand was born in Wieliczka, Poland, just outside of Krakow on 4 June 1897 to Brucha. He had at least one brother, Benjamin. He lived in Krakow and was a successful engineer. He built ... read more

Ricardo López López 1921 - 1942

Born 12.5.1921 in Saviñao (O) - Beleigán
Died 11.9.1942 in Mauthausen

Born on 12 May 1921, he was the youngest man deported to a Nazi camp from Caldes de Montbui. He was the son of Ricardo López López and Pilar López López. Originally from ... read more

Jacob Poons 1898 - 1941

Born 13.5.1898 in Den Haag
Died 12.8.1941 in Hartheim

In memory of my grandpa’s uncle, Jacob Poons Jacob Poons was born on 13 May 1898. He married Rachel Sarluïs on 9 January 1918. They had two children, Hadasse (born on 25 July 1918) and ... read more