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István Szatmári 1908 - 1945

Born 11.1.1908 in Szeged
Died 3.3.1945 in Mauthausen

István Szatmári lived in Budapest with his wife Lily and son András, born 1936. He was sent to Mauthausen (and Gusen II on his sons 8th birthday) after he was caught helping ... read more

Jan Szweda 1909 - 1942

Born 5.7.1909 in Grzawa
Died 25.9.1942 in Mauthausen

Jan Szweda was born in 1909 in Grzawa in the Pszczyna municipality. He came from a family of farmers. He married Jadwiga Wojciech. Their son Florian was born in 1937. In summer 1937 Jan was called ... read more

Jean Marie Dael 1909 - 1945

Born 1.1.1909 in Venlo
Died 9.3.1945 in Mauthausen

The brothers Jan and Leo Dael came from a large Catholic family. Leopold Dael Sen. and his wife Helena Maassen had nine children: four boys and five girls. Leopold was an energetic and successful ... read more

Silvio Luigi Agostino Chouquer 1914 - 1945

Born 27.6.1914 in Fontainemore
Died 7.1.1945 in Gusen

Silvio Luigi Agostino Chouquer was the son of Louis, who in turn was the son of Isidore, a peasant, and Célestine Marthyn, daughter of Josef, also a peasant; he himself was a peasant and ... read more

Marie Stará 1902 - 1942

Born 19.3.1902 in Praha
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

Abraham Teitel 1913 - 1942

Born 3.6.1913 in Zeishorn
Died 23.10.1942 in Mauthausen

Abraham Manjoe Teitel, Brink 13, Muiden, born in Zeishorn on 3 June 1913, died in Mauthausen on 23 October 1942. Abraham Manjoe Teitel was married, he was the head of his family. During the war, in ... read more

Мина Харламович Клишанец / Mina Charlamowitsch Klischanez 1907 - 1942

Born 14.3.1907 in Kolodniza
Died 24.10.1942 in Gusen

My great-grandfather on my mother’s side, Mina Kharlamovich Klishanets, was born on 14 March 1907 in the Russian Empire in the village of Kolodnitsa (today in the Krupsky district of the Minsk ... read more

Francisco Sánchez López 1907 - 1942

Born 22.3.1907 in Posadas
Died 9.1.1942 in Gusen

He was born on 22/03/1907 in Posadas (Córdoba, Spain). He was a day labourer. For three years he fought to defend Republican democracy until, in February 1939, he had to flee to France to ... read more

Kurt Kelman 1896 - 1945

Born 6.1.1896 in Berlin
Died 29.4.1945 in Ebensee

Carpenter. Arrested on 18 February 1943. Arrived in Auschwitz on 20 February 1943. Wife: Irma Kelman, nee Schwarzenberger – fate unknown. Michael Samuels, researcher   read more

Peter Böhmer 1907 - 1940

Born 31.12.1907 in Eschweiler
Died 24.7.1940 in Mauthausen

Peter Böhmer was the son of Laurenz Böhmer (factory worker) and his wife Maria Magdalena Böhmer nee Lehnen. Lothar Böling, Bertram-Wieland-Archiv für die Geschichte der ... read more