Adolf Vlásek 1900 - 1942
Born 13.5.1900 in Hluboká
Died 12.4.1942 in Mauthausen
Adolf Vlásek was born in Hluboká nad Vltavou, the town located in the south part of the Czech Republic. He moved to Prague where he married my grand aunt Marie Straková. Adolf ... read more
František Kolaček 1881 - 1942
Born 9.12.1881 in Brno
Died 7.5.1942 in Mauthausen
František Koláček completed his school leaving certificate in 1900 at a grammar school in the Královské Vinohrady district of Prague and then enrolled in the Faculty of ... read more
Леба Улянский / Elliokum (Leva) Uljansky 1896 - 1944
Born 6.12.1896 in Mogilew
Died 2.11.1944 in Melk
WHAT AN OLD PHOTO REMINDS ME OF I catch myself thinking that for some reason I very rarely reminisce. Yes, sometimes. Is it only in connection with dates, events that excite ... read more
Миодраг Никитовић / Miodrag Nikitović 1921 - 1943
Born 6.8.1921 in Ribarska Banja
Died 19.10.1943 in Gusen
In autumn 1976, Mrs. Milica Smiljanić, the sister of Miodrag Nikitović, told her brother’s story to the Belgrade Historical Archive and handed over some letters sent by him to his family during ... read more
Leon Kuhn 1908 - 1945
Born 7.6.1908 in Krakow
Died 17.2.1945 in Ebensee
Leon Kuhn was born in Krakow, Poland in the year 1908. He and some members of his family moved to Antwerp, Belgium, around 1920. There he was able to set up a furrier company and married my ... read more
Alexander Katan 1899 - 1943
Born 18.11.1899 in Rotterdam
Died 27.1.1943 in Gusen
Alexander Katan was born and lived in Rotterdam, Netherlands. He was the son of Israel Marcus Katan and Celli van Gelderen. He worked in several roles as a kantoorbediende (clerk), including that of ... read more
August Schäfer 1891 - 1944
Born 12.9.1891 in Erfurt
Died 23.1.1944 in Steyr
August Schäfer is the 4th person in this photo from the bottom left. He was principal of the Luisenschule in Görlitz from 1924 until 1941. We are currently investigating the reason as to ... read more
Emanuel Karl Isidor Peschel 1921 - 1945
Born 28.3.1921 in Szopienice / Katowice
Died 13.4.1945 in Gusen
Emanuel Karl Isidor Peschel lived in Breslau (Wrocław) and worked as a tinsmith. Emanuel hid in the forests of southern Poland until he was captured and deported to Auschwitz. He arrived there on 18 ... read more
Marcus Bloom 1907 - 1944
Born 24.9.1907 in London
Died 6.9.1944 in Mauthausen
Captain Marcus Bloom, radio operator to the PRUNUS circuit of French Section of Britain's Special Operations Executive (S.O.E.). Arrested near Toulouse, France, April 1943. Paul McCue read more
Giovanni Grosso 1889 - 1944
Born 22.12.1889 in Locana
Died 14.7.1944 in Hartheim
Giovanni Grosso was born in Locana, Italy, in 1889. He was committed to Mauthausen from Dachau on 13 January 1944. His number was 42109. He had been arrested because he was a communist. He died in ... read more
