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Wacław Rymarowicz 1915 - 1944

Born 24.9.1915 in Wielany
Died 15.12.1944 in Hartheim

My grandfather Jozef Stanisław Rymarowicz lost two of his brothers in World War II, Wacław and Kazimierz (Flossenbürg). The family was from Wielany, a small village in Kramsk, Poland. We will n ... read more

Радомир Милојевић / Radomir Milojević 1927 - 1945

Born 14.2.1927 in Cerje
Died 8.3.1945 in Gusen

Radomir Milojević was my grandfather's brother. He was born in 1927 in Cerje (Serbia). He was the oldest brother. My grandfather Dragomir was born in 1929, and they also had a younger sister Vukosava ... read more

Alf Skåra 1914 - 1944

Born 9.7.1914 in Egersund
Died 21.12.1944 in Gusen

Alf Skåra was born on 9 July 1914 in Egersund. He trained as a hairdresser and married Bergit F. Østrem in 1942. They moved to neighbouring Flekkefjord, where he was very involved as ... read more

Władysław Kalkowski 1909 - 1945

Born 16.11.1909 in Zelów
Died 10.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Wladyslaw was the husband of Regina Kalkowska (Smialkowska), he had two children (Wieslaw and Wladyslaw), and he was a shoemaker. He came from a family that dealt with textiles in Bogatynia. Regina ... read more

Vilhelm Gutfreund 1909 - 1945

Born 12.8.1909 in Katovice
Died 6.2.1945 in Mauthausen

Vilhelm Gutfreund was the third son of Eduard and Klára. He had brothers called Leo and Rudolf. Both parents were Jewish. His father Eduard co-owned a hat factory in Katowice and his mother ... read more

Zbigniew Kowalski 1922 - 1940

Born 9.4.1922 in Brzeszcze
Died 9.8.1940 in Gusen

In the period leading up to September 1939, Zbigniew Kowalski was a pupil of the grammar school in Kęty, which was in present-day Kościuszko Street. Before his arrest he worked, like his father K ... read more

Leman Mok 1912 - 1942

Born 23.10.1912 in Amsterdam
Died 7.7.1942 in Mauthausen

Mok Leman was born in Amsterdam on the 23 October 1912.He had two sisters, Elisheva who was two years older than him and Yehudit who was three years younger than him.In 1922, when he was ten years ... read more

გრიგოლ ერემიას-ძე მოდებაძე / Grigorij Eremeewitsch Mudebadse 1915 - 1944

Born 12.5.1915
Died 25.5.1944 in Mauthausen

The National Archive of Georgia holds the household books for the village of Bunikauri in the Chaitura region for the years 1940 to 1942. There it states that Gervasi Erevia’s son Modebadze, ... read more

Manuel Bolaños Díaz 1912 - 1941

Born 15.5.1912 in Puerto Real
Died 29.12.1941 in Gusen

  Manuel Bolaños Díaz was born on 15 May 1912 in Puerto Real, a small village near to the provincial capital Cádiz in southern Spain. His family consisted of his parents, ... read more

Alois Lechner 1893 - 1940

Born 2.8.1893 in Innsbruck
Died 19.2.1940 in Mauthausen

Alois Lechner was born on 2 August 1893 in Innsbruck. His father Josef Lechner was a master cobbler, his mother Christiane’s maiden name was Baldauf. The young Alois Lechner began an ... read more