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Hermann Török 1892 - 1944

Born 29.2.1892 in Almașul-Mare / Almașu Mare
Died 6.9.1944 in Melk

If I am to write about the true face of humanity in circumstances as extreme as those in the concentration camp, then I also want to tell of the Török family before indifference and ... read more

František Škopek 1912 - 1942

Born 20.4.1912 in Dřešín
Died 22.5.1942 in Mauthausen

František (christened Vojtěch) Škopek was born on 20 April 1912 in Dřešín, district Strakonice, Austria-Hungary. He spent all his childhood here, in the beautiful region o ... read more

José Blasco Hidalgo 1896 - 1941

Born 26.2.1896 in Orihuela
Died 9.12.1941 in Gusen

José Blasco Hidalgo was born on 26 February 1896 in Orihuela, Spain. He spent several years in the Spanish Legion and later married Salud Gómez. In late 1937 he took his leave of his ... read more

Levie Mossel 1906 - 1942

Born 22.4.1906 in Amsterdam
Died 1.10.1942 in Mauthausen

Levie Mossel was born on 22 April 1906 in Amsterdam and was the fourth child of merchant Elias Mossel and Rebecca Mossel-Rozette. On 18 February 1942 he married Serlina Ensel in Amsterdam. His wife ... read more

Francesco Affaba 1898 - 1945

Born 3.2.1898 in Salerano sul Lambro
Died 4.2.1945 in Gusen

Francesco Affaba, my paternal grandfather, was born in Salerano sul lambro, provincia di Lodi. He was incarcerated in San Vittore and then in Bergamo around 20 March 1944. He was deported to ... read more

Gregorio Collado Fernández 1918 - 1941

Born 25.5.1918 in Mata (La)
Died 7.12.1941 in Gusen

Valentin and Gregorio Collado Fernández were my grandmother's brothers. My grandmother died three years ago, she was the last of her siblings alive. She always told us about their story and ... read more

Modest Mikołajewski 1900 - 1942

Born 20.11.1900 in Luberadz
Died 12.12.1942 in Mauthausen

My father came from a family of craftsmen, and like his own father became a blacksmith. He had two younger sisters. He married in 1926 and became the father of three children, who were eleven, eight ... read more

Ernő Winkler 1894 - 1944

Born 20.1.1894
Died 10.7.1944 in Mauthausen

Ernő Winkler was the chief rabbi of Nagykanizsa, Hungary between 1919 and 1944. He was born in Újpest on 20 January 1894 (instead of 1899). read more

Guido Percali 1893 - 1944

Born 19.7.1893 in Lonigo
Died 20.4.1944 in Ebensee

Guido Alberto Percali was the son of Tullio Percali and his wife Maria, nee Zandonin. Fabrizio Scabio   On 11 May 2023, the ceremony for the installation of the Stumbling Stone in memory of ... 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