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Jacob Polak 1913 - 1941

Born 16.9.1913 in Amsterdam
Died 18.12.1941 in Mauthausen

Japie Polak, the oldest of Liepman Polak and Roosje Spanjar’s seven sons, grew up at 89 Rapenburgerstraat in Amsterdam’s Jewish quarter. Originally his father had been a diamond cutter ... read more

Marian Reich 1892 - 1941

Born 27.5.1892 in Poznań
Died 11.2.1941 in Gusen

Marian Tomasz Reich was the son of Kordula Jadwiga Mizgalska and Carl Wilhelm Reich. He was of Polish and German decent. He graduated from a machine building school in Poznań and worked most of his ... read more

Michele Rossini 1901 - 1944

Born 13.6.1901 in Ruvo di Puglia
Died 22.4.1944 in Ebensee

Michele Rossini was born on June 13, 1901 in Ruvo di Puglia, Italy. During the '20s, he moved to Turin and worked at the FIAT-Ferriere Piemontesi factories. Despite the fascist regime's persecution, ... 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

Добривоје Маринковић / Dobrivoje Marinković 1889 - 1942

Born 23.10.1889 in Trnjane
Died 10.12.1942 in Gusen

Dobrivoje Marinković was born on 23 October 1889 as the fourth child of Leposava and Petar Marinković in the villace of Trnjane near Aleksinac. In 1909 he completed training as a theology teacher in P ... read more

Jan Marks 1906 - 1940

Born 2.12.1906 in Płock
Died 25.11.1940 in Gusen

Jan Marks, husband of Stefania née Żochowska, father of Waldemar (born 1933) and Benicjusz (born 1935). Employed as a clerk at the Polish Social Security Bureau in Warsaw. Arrested at work in ... read more

Stefan Adam Kruczkowski 1911 - 1941

Born 24.12.1911 in Kraków
Died 17.8.1941 in Gusen

Stefan Adam Kruczkowski was the son of Maria, née Michalski, and Ludwik Kruczkowski. Before the war he graduated from the officer training college of the Polish army with the rank of ... read more

Cornelis Carel Braggaar 1913 - 1944

Born 23.9.1913 in Amsterdam
Died 6.9.1944 in Mauthausen

After graduating from nautical college, Kees Braggaar joined the Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij (Dutch Steam Shipping Line) as third helmsman. He went on some voyages to India. However, when in ... read more

Lucien Gonnetan 1888 - 1945

Born 13.11.1888 in Lyon
Died 26.2.1945 in Gusen

Lucien Gonnetan was born on 13 November 1888 in Lyon (4th district). Married to Marthe Van Minden, he was wounded in battle during the First World War. Lucien was father of 2 children, Maxime, born ... read more

Daniel Teller 1928 - 1945

Born 10.7.1928 in Haifa
Died 8.5.1945 in Wels

Daniel was born in Haifa on 10 July 1928. His parents, Resl and Emil, had emigrated to Palestine from Czechoslovakia but returned to Hodonín when Daniel was a year old. The family lived with ... read more