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Fritz Sidlof 1917 - 1945

Born 8.6.1917 in Wien
Died 1.5.1945 in Gusen

Fritz was the beloved son of Regina and Leopoldo Sidlof, who both died in 1942, and most loved brother of his sister Julie pictured here in 1938. Fritz was planning to study architecture in Vienna ... read more

Wacław Rymarowicz 1915 - 1944

Born 24.9.1915 in Wielany
Died 15.12.1944 in Hartheim

My grandfather Jozef Stanisław Rymarowicz lost two of his brothers in World War II, Wacław and Kazimierz (Flossenbürg). The family was from Wielany, a small village in Kramsk, Poland. We will n ... read more

Eliezer Lipa Bloch 1889 - 1945

Born 18.6.1889 in Uman
Died 3.1.1945 in Hartheim

Eliezer Lipa Bloch was a Zionist. An activist of the General Zionist party and the director of the Israel National Fund in Poland and Tarbut school network in the 1930s. A delegate in World Zionist ... read more

Alojzy Tkocz 1910 - 1945

Born 12.8.1910 in Chwałowice
Died 23.4.1945 in Gusen

Alojzy was born on 12 August 1910 in Chwałowice in Poland. He was the son of Jan Tkocz. Alojzy was a member of The Polish Scouting and Guiding Association. He took part in the September Campaign ... read more

Alfred Jones 1914 - 1944

Born 18.8.1914 in Port Talbot
Died 9.11.1944 in Mauthausen

Alfred Jones enlisted at Port Talbot into the Royal Artillery on 19 August 1931 aged 17, he had added a year to his age so he could join up. After training he was posted to the 22/24 Brigade and on ... read more

Jiří Kasala 1912 - 1942

Born 23.3.1912 in Přílepy
Died 15.4.1942 in Mauthausen

Jiří Kasala was born on 23 March 1912 as one of eight children in a tailor’s family in Přílepy, a small village situated in the foothills of Hostýnské vrchy, in e ... read more

Mario Minetti 1914 - 1944

Born 21.7.1914 in Ponti
Died 19.10.1944 in Gusen

My grandfather Mario Minetti (prisoner number 58994) was born in Ponti, in the province of Alessandria, into a peasant family; while still very young he moved to live with relatives in Vado Ligure ... read more

Tamás Tauszig 1921 - 1945

Born 19.2.1921 in Budapest
Died 24.4.1945 in Gusen

Tamás Tauszig or – as the family called him – Tomi was born on February 19, 1921 in Budapest to our old family nest on Szentkirályi út, where I ... read more

Camille Israel 1910 - 1945

Born 16.5.1910 in Luxembourg
Died 29.4.1945 in Ebensee

Camille Israel was born on 16 May 1910 in Luxembourg. He was a bookkeeper and fled on the day of the German invasion, on 10 May 1940, to France. There he lived in Montignac-sur-Vézère ... read more

Józef Żółtek 1912 - 1945

Born 12.2.1912 in Klikuszowa
Died 12.2.1945 in Wien

Born on February 12, 1912 in the village of Klikuszowa in Poland, house number 34. He was the youngest of seven children of Maciej Żółtek and Magdalena Żółtek née Czyszczoń. He wa ... read more