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Johannes Hubertus Sneijkers 1912 - 1942

Born 31.12.1912 in Neeritter
Died 23.11.1942 in Mauthausen

My father, Jan Sneijkers, was born on 31 December 1912 in Neeritter and grew up in a farming family. He was a miner, but also spent a period running a café. He later died in Mauthausen. My ... read more

Władysław Nagraba 1904 - 1943

Born 1.2.1904 in Kraków
Died 11.2.1943 in Gusen

Władysław Nagraba was Polish. He was employed in Kraków as an engineer. His brother Ludwik was also incarcerated by Nazi Germans and sent to Auschwitz (prisoner's number 25491), later t ... read more

Joan Pinsach Palomeras 1916 - 1941

Born 29.10.1916 in San Julián de Ramis
Died 21.11.1941 in Gusen

Joan was the second of five children of the couple Pinsach Palomeras, based in Sarrià de Ter. He was born in Sant Julià de Ramis on October 29, 1916. The father, Salvador Pinsach ... read more

Andrzej Piechota 1886 - 1941

Born 19.1.1886 in Sokołów
Died 6.2.1941 in Gusen

Andrzej Piechota was born into a farming family on 19 January 1886 in Sokołow in the Turek district. He was educated at the religious college in Włockławek. From 1909 onwards, Andrzej Piechota worked ... 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

Pietro Arnaldo Terzi 1883 - 1944

Born 20.11.1883 in Sarzana
Died 13.11.1944 in Hartheim

Pietro Arnaldo Terzi attended the L. Costa humanist grammar school in La Spezia, became an active member of the Socialist Party of Sarzana, graduated in law and moved to Aulla (Massa), where he ... read more

Samuel Marcel Lévy 1902 - 1945

Born 11.6.1902 in Périgueux
Died 4.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Samuel Lévy and his wife Yvonne, née Meyer, married on 28 January 1927 in the 16th arrondissement of Paris and had two sons: Alain, born on 7 May 1928, and Bertrand, born on 15 November ... read more

Artúr Rothbart

Born 11.12.1898 in Dolné Srnie
Died 1945 in Gunskirchen

Artúr was my grandfather's brother. He was born on 11 December 1898 in Alsószernye (now: Dolné Srnie, Slovakia). His father was József Rothbart and his mother was ... read more

Hermann Häfker 1873 - 1939

Born 3.6.1873 in Bremen
Died 27.12.1939 in Mauthausen

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Lucien Truffy 1904 - 1945

Born 31.3.1904 in St-Savin-de-Blaye
Died 23.4.1945 in auf dem Todesmarsch bei Steyr

The two deportees Lucien Truffy and Georges Mazoyer were Communist activists whose deportation followed the same route and who always, as becomes clear in the testimony written by Georges Mazoyer in ... read more