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August Kahrmann 1900 - 1940

Born 19.5.1900 in Plankstadt
Died 3.2.1940 in Mauthausen

August Kahrmann was born on 19 May 1900 in Plankstadt to the ‘unmarried cigar worker Anna Gund’. That year she married the cigar-maker Christian August Kahrmann from Schwetzingen, who ... read more

Franz Pfau 1910 - 1940

Born 1.1.1910 in Staad bei Rohrschach
Died 7.5.1940 in Mauthausen

Franz Pfau was born on 1 January 1910 in Staad bei Rohrschach (Switzerland). A unmarried miner whose last known address was his mother’s house in Ravensburg, he was arrested in April 1938 on ... read more

Johann Baptist Steinacker 1870 - 1944

Born 20.11.1870 in Odenheim / Östringen
Died 14.4.1944 in Mauthausen

The tailor Johann Baptist (‘Hermann’, ‘Gries’) Steinacker was born on 20 November 1870 in Odenheim (district of Karlsruhe) and later lived in Barmen and Wuppertal-Barmen. Even ... read more

Franciszek Gęsikowski 1904 - 1941

Born 31.1.1904
Died 16.8.1941 in Hartheim

Residence: Hohensalza, Artelleriestr. 5Prisoner Number Dachau: 9471Date of Arrival Dachau: 09 May 1940Disposition: transferred 02 August 1940 MauthausenCategory: Sch.Po. (prisoner Polish) (Source: ... read more

Anton Egge 1896 - 1945

Born 5.3.1896 in Stryn
Died 27.2.1945 in Melk

My grandfather, Anton Egge, was born on 5 March 1896 in Hjelle in Norway. Anton was arrested on 12 January 1942 in Bergen. Initially the National Socialists stuck him in the Bergen kretsfengsel[1] ... 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

Ludwik Wrzoł 1881 - 1940

Born 27.12.1881 in Zabrzeg
Died 30.9.1940 in Gusen

After completing primary school in Zabrzeg, Ludwik Wrzoł attended a German grammar school in Bielsko. He studied philosophy and theology in the Czech town of Vidnava. In 1910 he obtained a doctorate ... read more

Dino Francini 1898 - 1945

Born 2.7.1898 in Firenze
Died 17.1.1945 in Gusen

Dino Francini had lost his young wife Bianca in 1929 when she died shortly after giving birth. Their two children, a two and a half year-old boy and a thirteen day-old girl, remained with their ... read more

Jules de Roy 1910 - 1942

Born 29.5.1910 in Wilrijk
Died 3.9.1942 in Gusen

Julius Petrus Leonard de Roy, captivated in Breendonk, arrested because he was a patriot. Anja Joris, great niece read more

Mathias Bauer 1896 - 1940

Born 19.10.1896 in Eisenstadt
Died 14.1.1940 in Mauthausen

Mathias Bauer, a business man from Eisenstadt, unmarried, died on 14 January 1940 in Mauthausen concentration camp at the age of 43. He had been taken by the Gestapo into ‘preventative ... read more