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Biographical details are available for the following names:


Józef Federmann

Born 15.3.1912 in Kraków
Died 1945 in Mauthausen

He was married to Mina (maiden name Strauch) Skop of Koczyce, Poland before the outbreak of the war. They hid in barns until eventually going to the ghettos. They were split up at some point. Mina ... read more

Paul Anetter 1893 - 1942

Born 23.3.1893 in Oberdrauburg
Died 1.10.1942 in Mauthausen

Paul Anetter was born on 23 March 1893 in Oberdrauburg. He was a worker and member of the Social Democratic Party. He lived in Lienz. In August 1941 the National Socialist authorities uncovered a ... 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

Samuel Marcel Lévy 1902 - 1945

Born 11.6.1902 in Périgueux
Died 4.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Samuel Lévy and his wife Yvonne, née Meyer, married on 28 January 1927 in the 16th arrondissement of Paris and had two sons: Alain, born on 7 May 1928, and Bertrand, born on 15 November ... read more

Ludwig Stepanik 1918 - 1944

Born 26.10.1918 in Wien
Died 21.6.1944 in Klagenfurt

In today’s Khevenhüller Barracks in the Klagenfurt district of Lendorf, from 19 November 1943 to 8 May 1945 there existed a subcamp of Mauthausen concentration camp. The concentration camp ... read more

Gerrit van der Bijl 1920 - 1941

Born 12.2.1920 in Amsterdam
Died 11.8.1941 in Hartheim

Gerrit van der Bijl, oldest son of Simon van der Bijl (Amsterdam 21 August 1897 – Sobibor 16 April 1943) and Jetje Winnik (Amsterdam 27 July 1895 – Sobibor 16 April 1943). He had a ... read more

Karel Hudomalj 1905 - 1944

Born 18.10.1905 in Zagorje
Died 27.9.1944 in Mauthausen

  Karel Hudomalj was a remarkable figure with an extensive political career. By profession he was a mechanic and, like many of his countrymen, he started his career in a coal mine. But his ... read more

Миодраг Ивковић / Miodrag Ivković 1917 - 1944

Born 30.10.1917 in Trnava
Died 15.6.1944 in Hartheim

Miodrag Ivković was born on 30 October 1917 in Trnava. Already a well-known Communist before the war, at the end of May 1941 he was added to the wanted list of the special police force for his ... read more

Thorvald Markus Thorkildsen 1901 - 1945

Born 5.12.1901 in Mandal
Died 14.3.1945 in Ebensee

Thorvald Markus Thorkildsen, born on 5 December 1901 in Mandal, lived in Flekkefjord. He was married to Emmy Johanne Kvarø, born on 26 December 1909. They had three children: Arne, born on 12 ... read more

Kazimierz Koziol 1891 - 1940

Born 3.3.1891
Died 8.11.1940 in Gusen

Born on 3 March 1891 in Bajdy, formerly part of the the Austrian-Hungarian Empire (today in Poland). Died on 8 November 1940 in the Mauthausen concentration camp, in Austria. Kazimierz and Stanislawa ... read more