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Kurt Holger Schmahl 1910 - 1945

Born 18.1.1910 in Kopenhagen
Died 8.4.1945 in Mauthausen

In June 1933 the 23-year-old Kurt Holger Schmahl, a resident of 57 Isestraße in Hamburg, wrote to the president of the Lower Elbe State Financial Authority requesting that 35,000 Reichsmarks ... 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

Léo Sztokmann 1900 - 1945

Born 14.11.1900 in Błaszki
Died 1.4.1945 in Gusen

Leo (Levi) Sztokmann, son of Bleeme and Feibush, was born on 14 November 1900, the second youngest of six siblings, in Blazski, Poland. Leo lived in Breslau, Germany, until Kristallnacht during ... read more

Enric Curia Gatius 1911 - 1942

Born 15.2.1911 in Rosselló
Died 28.1.1942 in Gusen

Enric was born on 15 February 1911 in Rosselló (Lleida). Burn marks on his face, caused by an accident, enabled him to avoid military service in 1932. He worked as a machinist in the J. Trepat ... read more

Kozma Nushi 1909 - 1945

Born 15.6.1909 in Vuno
Died 23.1.1945 in Gusen

Kozma Nushi was born in Vuno, Albania. He lived in Lyon (France) and returned to fight for freedom and against Fascism. Kozma Nushi was taken prisoner in 1944 and deported to Mauthausen. He was ... read more

Алекса Сладоје / Aleksa Sladoje 1900 - 1943

Born .2.1900 in Obalj
Died 8.9.1943 in Steyr

Aleksa Sladoje was born in 1900 in Obalj, Austria-Hungary (today: Bosnia and Herzegovina) to Mijo and Cvijeta Sladoje. He had four brothers, three sisters and a half-sister. As a child, he moved to ... read more

Walenty Pierzyński 1886 - 1941

Born 27.1.1886 in Baranów
Died 15.7.1941 in Gusen

Walenty Pierzyński and his sons were taken away at the same time as political prisoners. The father was the mayor in Brudzki, Poland. My father said that his father drowned. He was held under water ... read more

Петр Евдокимович Лукьянчиков / Petr Ewdokimowitsch Lukjantschnikow 1911 - 1944

Born 30.6.1911 in Gremjatschki
Died 16.8.1944 in Mauthausen

Petr Evdokimovich Lukyanchikov was born on 30 June 1911 in the village of Gremyachka in the Oboyansky district in the Kursk oblast of the Russian Empire. He came from a Russian peasant family and was ... read more

Franciszek Rajski 1895 - 1945

Born 3.9.1895 in Nowy Targ
Died 20.4.1945 in Gusen

Our Grandfather – Franciszek Rajski was born on the 3rd of September 1895. In August 1914, at the age of 18, he reported himself to the First Brigade and then said, “My ... read more

Giuseppe Vidale 1901 - 1945

Born 22.12.1901 in Schio
Died 10.2.1945 in Mauthausen

The son of Giovanni Battista Vidale and Celestina Lighezzolo worked as an electrician in a senior position at the Lanificio Rossi woollen mill. He approached his work with great passion and ... read more