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Józef Federmann

Born 15.3.1912 in Kraków
Died 1945 in Mauthausen

He was married to Mina (maiden name Strauch) Skop of Koczyce, Poland before the outbreak of the war. They hid in barns until eventually going to the ghettos. They were split up at some point. Mina ... read more

Stanisław Proczko 1902 - 1941

Born 29.7.1902
Died 10.9.1941 in Gusen

Stanisław Proczko was born in Lipine on 29 July 1902. He followed a military training and graduated cum laude (with honors) in 1924 as under-officer. He was married to Leokadie. After the coup in ... 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

Joan Plans Illa 1918 - 1942

Born 11.9.1918 in Barcelona
Died 2.2.1942 in Hartheim

Joan Plans Illa lived in Barcelona in the neighbourhood of Sant Andreu. Joan’s parents were called Andreu Plans and Coloma Illa. Ricard Brustenga Guàrdia(My grandparents were friends ... read more

Władysław Kamiński 1894 - 1944

Born 26.11.1894 in Chodorążek
Died 17.7.1944 in Mauthausen

Władysław Kamiński was born in Chodorążek near Lipno on 26. November 1894. He orphaned six children (three daughters and three sons) and widowed his wife. He was a farmer in the Ławki settl ... read more

Алекса Сладоје / Aleksa Sladoje 1900 - 1943

Born .2.1900 in Obalj
Died 8.9.1943 in Steyr

Aleksa Sladoje was born in 1900 in Obalj, Austria-Hungary (today: Bosnia and Herzegovina) to Mijo and Cvijeta Sladoje. He had four brothers, three sisters and a half-sister. As a child, he moved to ... read more

Alf Skåra 1914 - 1944

Born 9.7.1914 in Egersund
Died 21.12.1944 in Gusen

Alf Skåra was born on 9 July 1914 in Egersund. He trained as a hairdresser and married Bergit F. Østrem in 1942. They moved to neighbouring Flekkefjord, where he was very involved as ... read more

Abraham Morpurgo 1901 - 1945

Born 27.3.1901 in Amsterdam
Died 1.2.1945 in Mauthausen

Abraham Morpurgo was my grandfather. The family lived a comfortable life in Amsterdam before the war. My grandfather was the owner of a retail and wholesale business dealing in household goods. The ... read more

Alfred Péron 1904 - 1945

Born 22.9.1904 in Lyon
Died 12.5.1945 in Samedan

The index card for prisoner no. 37801 is filed under the name Alfred Péron. Alfred Péron displayed no distinguishing external features: he was of medium build, his nose was straight, ... 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