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Johann Wisiorek 1891 - 1945

Born 19.9.1891
Died 2.5.1945 in Ebensee

Johann Wisiorek was the father of Cecylia Wisiorek. Cecylia was killed in Auschwitz – she was sentenced for publishing a newspaper called Braciom na otuchę. Her father was sent to Ebensee ... read more

Marian Wiewiórkowski 1910 - 1941

Born 7.8.1910 in Opatówek
Died 6.4.1941 in Gusen

From 1937 my grandfather was the postmaster in Opatówek near Kalisz. He was imprisoned in Opatówek and in Kalisz, then deported to the Dachau concentration camp and subsequently to the ... read more

Ибраш Крутаевич Кунтаев / Ibrasch Krutaewitsch Kuntaew 1907 - 1944

Born 25.1.1907 in Krutaya
Died 7.7.1944 in Hartheim

  Ibrash Kuntaev was born on 25 January 1907 in Krutaya, a village in the Kamensk region of West Kazakhstan. He had two brothers. However, his parents and the middle of the three brothers died ... read more

Marija Hafner 1914 - 1942

Born 29.11.1914 in Stražišče
Died 20.4.1942 in Mauthausen

On 16 April 1942 the Slovenian resistance movement shot five German collaborators, among them the German mayor of Jesenice, Karl Luckmann.  As a reprisal for this action, SS Gruppenführer ... 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

Hartog Eljon 1890 - 1942

Born 26.12.1890 in Amsterdam
Died 7.10.1942 in Mauthausen

Hartog Eljon came from an Amsterdam family of diamond cutters. He himself was a travelling actor who performed on stage and in several cinemas explicating mute short films. He and his second wife ... read more

Stane Levec 1927 - 1945

Born 16.12.1927 in Ljubljana
Died 7.3.1945 in Gusen

Stane Levec was a radio operator in a Ljubljana post office. At the end of January 1944 he was arrested by the Slovene Home Guard. The connection between his arrest and the then military situation ... 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

Jan Kazimierz Tryuk 1912 - 1943

Born 28.2.1912 in Pabianice
Died 8.7.1943 in Mauthausen

After finishing primary school, Jan Kazimierz Tryuk attended the state ‘Jędrzy Śniadecki’ grammar school in Pabianice, from which he graduated on 7 June 1932, going on to higher education ... read more

Ivan Godec 1921 - 1944

Born 27.10.1921 in Trbovlje
Died 17.3.1944 in Redl-Zipf

Ivan (Johann) Godec was a very enigmatic personality and still many questions concerning his personality remain unanswered. He was trained as an electrician or an engineer. After schooling, he was ... read more