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Marcus Turksma 1899 - 1941

Born 15.4.1899 in Deventer
Died 31.10.1941 in Mauthausen

Marc Turksma was the eldest of seven children – five boys and two girls – of the butcher Eliazer Turksma and his wife Betje Vomberg. He grew up in Polsbroek in Deventer, where his ... read more

Friedrich Lehre 1895 - 1943

Born 27.2.1895 in Nagold
Died 4.1.1943 in Mauthausen

Son of Gottlob Christoph Friedrich Lehre (1860-1925) and Elisabetha Katharina (Schuster) Lehre (1867-1932). Tom Eisenhardt, seventh cousin read more

Bernard Sławianowski 1911 - 1942

Born 15.8.1911 in Święte
Died 25.1.1942 in Gusen

Bernard Sławianowski was born on 15 August 1911 in Święte in the Nieszawa district of the Warsaw voivodeship (present-day Kuyavian-Pommeranian voivodeship, Polish Kujawsko-Pomorskie). He was the son o ... read more

Francisco Valsells Bielsa 1887 - 1941

Born 5.2.1887 in Calaceite
Died 9.10.1941 in Gusen

Among the 927 Spanish refugees who, on the morning of 20 August 1940, were escorted by German soldiers and French gendarmes from the Les Alliers camp to the station at Angoulême, was a family ... 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

Maarten Marynis 1914 - 1945

Born 12.11.1914 in Noordwijk
Died 20.2.1945 in Gusen

Maarten Marynis was a police officer and married to Paulina Johanna van Venetien. He was a member of the Dutch underground resistance.   Magda Jacobs-Ultee, niece; Karoline van Doorn, ... read more

Kurt Kelman 1896 - 1945

Born 6.1.1896 in Berlin
Died 29.4.1945 in Ebensee

Carpenter. Arrested on 18 February 1943. Arrived in Auschwitz on 20 February 1943. Wife: Irma Kelman, nee Schwarzenberger – fate unknown. Michael Samuels, researcher   read more

Aron Szlama Horowicz 1905 - 1945

Born 15.4.1905 in Radom
Died 15.1.1945 in Gusen

Aron Szlama Horowicz was born in Radom, Poland on 15 april 1905 to Chazkiel Horowicz and Liba Huma Horowicz (nee Gelbard). He was the oldest of six children surviving to adulthood. Two brothers died ... read more

Wilhelm Korczowski 1895 - 1941

Born 21.5.1895 in Lwów / Lviv
Died 14.1.1941 in Gusen

Wilhelm Korczowski (born 21 May 1895 in Lwów) was arrested in April 1940 and first deported on 5 May 1940 to German concentration camp Dachau (prisoner number 7372). On 26 June 1940 he was ... read more

Władysław Traczyński 1887 - 1941

Born 20.5.1887
Died 25.8.1941 in Gusen

My great-grandfather - Władysław Tkaczyński, born on May 20, 1887, was the head of the primary school in Pajęczno. Agnieszka, great-grandfather  read more