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Józef Pietraszek 1902 - 1941

Born 29.1.1902
Died 11.7.1941 in Gusen

My grandfather and my grandmother Zuzanna were biology teachers in the village of Skrzynno near Wieluń in Poland before World War Two. My grandfather was the principal of this school. Because of this ... read more

Jiří Kasala 1912 - 1942

Born 23.3.1912 in Přílepy
Died 15.4.1942 in Mauthausen

Jiří Kasala was born on 23 March 1912 as one of eight children in a tailor’s family in Přílepy, a small village situated in the foothills of Hostýnské vrchy, in e ... read more

Hermann Török 1892 - 1944

Born 29.2.1892 in Almașul-Mare / Almașu Mare
Died 6.9.1944 in Melk

If I am to write about the true face of humanity in circumstances as extreme as those in the concentration camp, then I also want to tell of the Török family before indifference and ... read more

Erich Geiringer 1901 - 1945

Born 11.11.1901 in Wien
Died 7.3.1945 in Ebensee

Married to Elfriede Geiringer who survived Auschwitz and remarried to Otto Frank. Father of Heinz Felix Geiringer who died in Mauthausen, too, and Eva Geiringer (married Schloss) who ... read more

Константин Алексеевич Алисенок / Konstantin Alexeewitsch Alisenok 1901 - 1944

Born 2.1.1901 in Kemeschowzy
Died 25.9.1944 in Mauthausen

Konstantin Alexeevich Alisenok was born on 2 January 1901 into a peasant family in the village of Kemeshevtsy near Minsk. His father was Belorussian, his mother Sofia (Zosya), Polish. There were four ... read more

Aron Szlama Horowicz 1905 - 1945

Born 15.4.1905 in Radom
Died 15.1.1945 in Gusen

Aron Szlama Horowicz was born in Radom, Poland on 15 april 1905 to Chazkiel Horowicz and Liba Huma Horowicz (nee Gelbard). He was the oldest of six children surviving to adulthood. Two brothers died ... read more

Kazimierz Poprawa 1914 - 1945

Born 13.1.1914 in Ostrowo
Died 19.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Kazimierz Poprawa, born on 13 January 1914 in Ostrowo, near Wrzesnia in Poland. Son of Stanisław and Elzbieta. He spent his childhood and youth in Wrzesnia, Poland. As a member of a Wrzesnia branch ... read more

Maurice Louis Antonin Dupic 1921 - 1945

Born 7.4.1921 in Paris
Died 12.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Maurice Louis Antonin Dupic was born on 7 April 1921 in Paris and worked in a bank. He died on 12 April 1945. His father was Antonin Benoit Dupic (1885–1960), a Frenchman from the Auvergne who ... read more

Ignác Polášek 1900 - 1941

Born 26.6.1900 in Stará Lesná
Died 4.12.1941 in Mauthausen

Ignác Polášek, born in Stará Ves nad Ondřejnicí 143 (profession: smith), participant in the Sokol's anti-Nazi resistance in E. Klímek's group ... read more

Cesare Spaviero 1921 - 1945

Born 11.11.1921 in Carpi
Died 12.3.1945 in Mauthausen

  Cesarino Mario Spaviero was born in Carpi, a small hamlet in Villabartolomea (Verona) on 11 November 1921. He lived there with his family until 1929, when they moved to Pontecurone. His ... read more