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Heinz Felix Geiringer 1926 - 1945

Born 12.7.1926 in Wien
Died 26.4.1945 in Ebensee

Son of Erich Geiringer who died in Mauthausen, too, and Elfriede Geiringer who survived Auschwitz and remarried to Otto Frank. Brother Eva Geiringer (married Schloss) who survived Auschwitz. Tami ... 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

Piotr Ścibior 1888 - 1942

Born 10.10.1888 in Karmanowice
Died 26.8.1942 in Mauthausen

Piotr Ścibior was born on 10 October 1888, in Karmanowice, in the region of Lublin. Piotr was a military officer and a veteran of three wars: World War I, The Polish–Soviet War and World War ... read more

Jan Stefan Oderfeld Douglas 1892 - 1944

Born 3.6.1892 in Warszawa
Died 14.9.1944 in Mauthausen

Jan Stefan Douglas-Oderfeld was a Polish lawyer living in Paris who joined the French Resistance. Because he spoke perfect German as well as French he was involved in anti-Nazi activity directed ... read more

Amedeo Scuratti 1899 - 1945

Born 19.9.1899 in Nova Milanese
Died 19.2.1945 in Gusen

Amedeo Scuratti was born on 19 September 1899 in Nova Milanese where he lived in Via S. Sebastiano 1. He was married to Silvia Castelletti and they had three children. In 1935 Amedeo was employed as ... read more

Михаил Александрович Акимов / Michail Alexandrowitsch Akimow 1920 - 1944

Born 23.2.1920 in Leningrad / Sankt-Peterburg
Died 25.9.1944 in Mauthausen

Michail Alexandrovich Akimov was born on 23 February 1920 in Leningrad. After completing eight years of general schooling he trained as a cutter in the Factory and Works’ School of Mechanical ... read more

Emil Kumhala 1913 - 1941

Born 26.7.1913 in Dollnstein / Dollstein
Died 22.12.1941 in Mauthausen

My grandfather Emil Kumhala lived in Brno. He had a child and a wife. He was not Jewish. He had a grocery store and sold food to everybody including Jews. That’s why they took him to ... read more

Michał Czachor 1888 - 1941

Born 11.9.1888 in Cmolas
Died 5.9.1941 in Gusen

Michał was survived by his wife Zofia, who died in 1996, and eight of their children: Genowefa, Pelagia, Joanna, Weronika, Józef, Tadeusz, Stanisława, Leon. Pawel Barancewicz, g ... 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

Livio Cracco 1911 - 1945

Born 14.11.1911 in Schio
Died 3.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Livio Cracco was the son of Giovanni Cracco and Bona Zaltron. Despite his humble background and his job, he had a certain level of education, which he nurtured in his spare time by reading books. ... read more