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Vítězslav Gross 1909 - 1941

Born 12.10.1909 in Boskovice
Died 15.11.1941 in Mauthausen

Address: Náchod, Židovská 731 Profession: Head cantor of the Jewish community of Náchod His father was a teacher of religious studies. His mother was called Kateřina, n ... read more

Marie Stará 1902 - 1942

Born 19.3.1902 in Praha
Died 24.10.1942 in Mauthausen

The history of the Starý family Youth and Growing Up Jaroslav Starý was born on 22 April 1891 in Sobíňov to parents Josef Starý and Josefa Stará. He trained as a ... read more

Stanisław Janczar 1913 - 1945

Born 8.9.1913 in Wyszogród
Died 9.5.1945 in Mauthausen

Franciszek and Józefa Janczar’s son was born in the Polish town of Wyszogród, in the Płock district. He was one of five children. His life was closely linked with the river Wisła f ... read more

Václav Sinkule 1905 - 1942

Born 14.1.1905 in Praha
Died 20.4.1942 in Mauthausen

Václav Sinkule was born on 14 January 1905 in Prague, the son of a railway worker. He attended the commercial high school and in his free time took an interest in foreign languages, music, ... read more

Marija Hafner 1895 - 1942

Born 19.1.1895 in Naklo
Died 20.4.1942 in Mauthausen

On 16 April 1942 the Slovenian resistance movement shot five German collaborators, among them the German mayor of Jesenice, Karl Luckmann.  As a reprisal for this action, SS Gruppenführer ... read more

Eustaquio Pérez Orduña 1897 - 1944

Born 29.3.1897 in Uztárroz/Uztarroze
Died 10.11.1944 in Melk

Eustaquio Pérez Orduña was born in Ustarroz in Navarre (Spain) on 29 March 1897. During his childhood, Eustaquio worked as a shepherd, as the wealthy employed poor children to look ... read more

Marcell Klang 1876 - 1942

Born 31.5.1876 in Wien
Died 25.6.1942 in Mauthausen

Marcell Klang was the editor of a work that is weighty in every respect, with 1,126 pages and a second-hand price tag today of the not inconsiderable sum of 100 to 250 euros. However, the main weight ... read more

Jan Czyżewski 1884 - 1945

Born 27.8.1884 in Kłonna
Died 16.3.1945 in Ebensee

Jan Czyżewski was born on 27 August 1884[1] in Kłonna, a small village 90 km south of Warsaw. He married Ewa Dombrowska and fathered three children. He worked as a farmer and served as mayor of the v ... 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

Emil Goldmann 1872 - 1942

Born 29.11.1872 in Vítkovice
Died 1.8.1942 in Mauthausen

Emil Goldmann was a Goldmann again only under the Nazis and because his name was not obviously ‘Jewish’ enough (Executive Order on the Law on the Alteration of Family and Personal Names ... read more