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Arne Jostein Ingebrethsen 1903 - 1945

Born 7.9.1903 in Flekkefjord
Died 7.1.1945 in Melk

Arne Ingebrethsen was born in 1903 in Flekkefjord. With a newspaper editor for a father and a typographer for a mother, it was only natural that he follow in his parents’ professional ... read more

Jaroslav Sekyrka 1921 - 1942

Born 18.10.1921 in Jílové u Prahy
Died 7.3.1942 in Mauthausen

Jaroslav Sekyrka was born on 18 October 1921 in Jílové u Prahy as the son of Jaroslav Sekyrka and Anna Horníková. Jaroslav Sekyrka, a turner by trade, was active as ... read more

Jaroslav Starý 1891 - 1942

Born 22.4.1891 in Sobín / Praha-Zličín
Died 24.10.1942 in Mauthausen

The history of the Starý family Youth and Growing Up Jaroslav Starý was born on 22 April 1891 in Sobíňov to parents Josef Starý and Josefa Stará. He trained as a ... read more

Jan Jebavý 1908 - 1942

Born 10.5.1908 in Brno
Died 1.10.1942 in Mauthausen

Born in the Brno suburbs of Žabovřesky as the only son of Bohumila and Rudolf Jebavý (a close relative of the poet Otokar Březina, 1868–1929), Jan was educated at the classical grammar sc ... read more

Pedro Rodríguez Gil 1900 - 1941

Born 31.1.1900 in Belmez
Died 29.8.1941 in Gusen

He was born on 31/01/1900 in Belmez (Córdoba, Spain). He was married to Irene Pozo and they had three daughters. He was a boilermaker. During the Civil War he was repairing planes at the base ... read more

Milivoj Kljaković-Gašpić 1927 - 1944

Born 8.8.1927 in Solin
Died 25.8.1944 in Hartheim

Milivoj Kljaković-Gašpić (Father Marin) was born in 1927 in Solin near Split (Dalamatia). While still at school he joined the partisan movement in September 1943 at the age of 16. As early as N ... read more

Алексей Игумнов / Alexej Igumnow 1923 - 1945

Born 21.3.1923 in Jakowlewskoe
Died 25.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Alexei Igumnov arrived in Mauthausen as a Russian prisoner of war in 1944. He died there in March 1945. The discovery of his tag in the Marbach mass grave proves that the SS had buried his body ... read more

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

Emanuel Karl Isidor Peschel 1921 - 1945

Born 28.3.1921 in Szopienice / Katowice
Died 13.4.1945 in Gusen

Emanuel Karl Isidor Peschel lived in Breslau (Wrocław) and worked as a tinsmith. Emanuel hid in the forests of southern Poland until he was captured and deported to Auschwitz. He arrived there on 18 ... read more

Władysław Nagraba 1904 - 1943

Born 1.2.1904 in Kraków
Died 11.2.1943 in Gusen

Władysław Nagraba was Polish. He was employed in Kraków as an engineer. His brother Ludwik was also incarcerated by Nazi Germans and sent to Auschwitz (prisoner's number 25491), later t ... read more