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Jules de Roy 1910 - 1942

Born 29.5.1910 in Wilrijk
Died 3.9.1942 in Gusen

Julius Petrus Leonard de Roy, captivated in Breendonk, arrested because he was a patriot. Anja Joris, great niece read more

Władysław Pawlas 1908 - 1940

Born 3.3.1908 in Sucha Góra
Died 28.8.1940 in Gusen

Władysław Pawlas was a Polish Protestant-Lutheran pastor. He came from a family of farmers. In 1926 he completed his education at the Polish Słowacki grammar school in Orlowa and began his studies at ... read more

Николай Валков / Nikolaj Walkow 1904 - 1943

Born 27.7.1904 in Bekowo
Died 17.4.1943 in Mauthausen

Family: wife Ekaterina Alexandrowna Murawjewa, son Alexander Nikolajewitsch Walkow Elena Makarchuk, granddaughter read more

Alfons Haid 1883 - 1940

Born 18.11.1883 in Wien
Died 3.2.1940 in Mauthausen

Alfons Haid was born on 18 November 1883 in Gablitz near Vienna and lived in Austria until 1909. At first he worked as a casual labourer in industry and agriculture before finally becoming a ... read more

Marius Johannes Ouborg 1921 - 1945

Born 23.9.1921 in Den Haag
Died 17.2.1945 in Gusen

Marius was the youngest brother of my mum Atie Johanna Ouborg; he was born in Den Haag, Netherlands. At the end of 1943 Marius tried to flee from Holland to Spain, but was caught on 2 January 1944 in ... read more

Giovanni Bortoloso 1912 - 1945

Born 29.5.1912 in Schio
Died 22.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Giovanni Bortoloso ran a book shop and stationers of the same name on the Piazzi Rossi in Schio. When he was dismissed from his army medical examination due to a handicap to his leg, he joined the ... read more

Terese Goldstein

Born 11.1.1908 in Jerusalem / Jeruschalajim
Died 1945 in Mauthausen

Terese Goldstein was born as Dina Reisel Kohn, the eldest daughter of Shmuel Kohn and Hinda, nee Kohn. Her father Shmuel was born in about 1885 in the village of Vásárút which ... read more

Aleksander Dobrowolski 1888 - 1940

Born 14.2.1888 in Warszawa
Died 19.12.1940 in Gusen

Catholic, Engineer, Polish Nationalist. Sons Tadeusz Dobrowolski and Zbigniew Dobrowolski, daughter “Lala” Dobrowolski. Son TadeusDobrowolski is thought to have been killed in Polish ... read more

Jan Wolf 1908 - 1941

Born 13.6.1908 in Turek
Died 21.7.1941 in Gusen

His father was called Leonard Wolf, who died in 1939 and is buried in the Zbyszewski plot in the main cemetery of Turek. Leonard Wolf's headstone mentions Jan Wolf.   Georges Zbyszewski read more

Walter Benjamin Blau 1918 - 1941

Born 2.1.1918 in Hamburg
Died 3.7.1941 in Mauthausen

Father: Armin Blau  Mother: Ella Blau-Cohen After the eviction, Walter lived at M. Angelostraat 34, Amsterdam.  He was transported from Schoorl to Mauthausen on 11.06.1941.  Both ... read more