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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

Willy Loich 1897 - 1943

Born 30.11.1897 in Gütersloh
Died 1.2.1943 in Gusen

The bank clerk Wilhelm Theodor Heinrich (known as Willy) Loich was born on 30 November 1897 in Gütersloh to Wilhelm Eduard Julius Loich, a barber, and Katharina Dorothea Köker. He went to ... read more

Bienvenido Claramunt Izquierdo 1903 - 1943

Born 25.6.1903 in Barcelona
Died 11.11.1943 in Gusen

My grandfather was Catalan and he lived in Barcelona on Calle Parlament corner Viladomat. He was married to Maria Ruiz (my grandmother) and had a son Manel Claramunt (my father) who was barely one ... read more

Guglielmo Corradini 1896 - 1941

Born 6.6.1896 in Scandiano
Died 11.8.1941 in Gusen

Born in Scandiano, province of Reggio Emilia, Italy on 6 June 1896. Son of Anselmo and Benvenuta Prampolini. Profession: cement worker. As a socialist, he expatriates to Paris, France, on 20 ... 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

Konrad Rózewicz 1900 - 1941

Born 24.11.1900
Died 16.8.1941 in Gusen

Konrad Rózewicz was born on 24 November 1900 in Sępólno (then Zempelburg in the so-called Polish Corridor) and died on 16 August 1941 in Gusen. According to the arrivals list of ... read more

Adrien Marcouyre 1893 - 1944

Born 10.12.1893 in Roubia
Died 17.12.1944 in Melk

My great-grandfather died during deportation. I have no picture of him or information available, and his birth certificate and that of his son, who died in 1969, record only a few ... read more

Márton Róth 1886 - 1944

Born 15.8.1886
Died 12.12.1944 in Melk

Márton Róth was married to Hélen Neumann who died at Auschwitz, June, 1944. They had nine children. At least five died at Auschwitz in 1944. At least two emigrated to the United ... read more

Johann Wisiorek 1891 - 1945

Born 19.9.1891 in Kopciowice
Died 2.5.1945 in Ebensee

Johann Wisiorek was the father of Cecylia Wisiorek. Cecylia was killed in Auschwitz – she was sentenced for publishing a newspaper called Braciom na otuchę. Her father was sent to Ebensee ... read more

Jakub Schreiber 1894 - 1945

Born 24.3.1894 in Brzesko
Died 3.2.1945 in Gusen

Janek (Jakub) Schreiber was a middle-class businessman who had a small shop in Kraków, where he sold leather and shoe supplies. He and his cherished wife, Adela ... read more