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Karel Welzel 1901 - 1941

Born 10.4.1901 in Náchod
Died 17.12.1941 in Mauthausen

Together with his younger brother František (born 1903), Karel Welzel was co-owner of the shipping company Sebastian Welzel und Söhne. They owned a fuel depot next to the main station in ... read more

Ernő Winkler 1894 - 1944

Born 20.1.1894
Died 10.7.1944 in Mauthausen

Ernő Winkler was the chief rabbi of Nagykanizsa, Hungary between 1919 and 1944. He was born in Újpest on 20 January 1894 (instead of 1899). read more

Jozef Kura 1900 - 1940

Born 10.7.1900 in Biadoline
Died 10.10.1940 in Gusen

Jozef Kura was the son of Wojciech and Agata Kura (nee Bodzioch). His prisoners' number at the Dachau concentration camp was 5899. He was a teacher near Wieluń (near ... read more

Jean Blum 1922 - 1943

Born 8.4.1922 in Nancy
Died 27.1.1943 in Mauthausen

Imprisonment, Sentencing, Deportation Jean Blum was born in 1922 in Nancy. In 1940 he was a pupil at the Poincaré Grammar School in Nancy. From June 1940 onwards, Nancy was located in the ... read more

Mauricio Ribas Pujol 1908 - 1941

Born 22.4.1908 in Manresa
Died 1.11.1941 in Gusen

Maurici Ribas Pujol was born in Manresa in 1908, at number 30 Carrer Montserrat, in the Escodines neighborhood. He was the son of Isidre and Magdalena, and the youngest of five brothers. He completed ... read more

Leon Cieślewicz 1915 - 1943

Born 10.3.1915 in Unterwalde / Jałowiec
Died 3.4.1943 in Gusen

Born in Trzuskołoń (Greater Poland, Gniezno County) on 10.03.1915. Died in Gusen (Austria) on 3.04.1943. A Polish patriot, national and Catholic activist. A member of the National Party (SN) and the C ... read more

Wouter Gerhard Kuyck 1886 - 1944

Born 21.11.1886 in Den Helder
Died 28.12.1944 in Linz

Wouter Kuyck is the son of a naval officer, captain ltz O. H. Kuyck. After he has served for twelve years as an officer in the navy, Wouter accepts in 1919 a function in the NV Dutch Telegraaf ... read more

Otto Michael Popper 1915 - 1944

Born 6.10.1915 in Wien
Died 25.10.1944 in Linz

Otto Michael Popper was born on 6 October 1915 in Vienna, Austria. He was an Austrian citizen and the son of Dr. Michael (Ottokar) Popper (1859–1942, central manager of the Clam-Gallas estate) ... read more

Jan Marks 1906 - 1940

Born 2.12.1906 in Płock
Died 25.11.1940 in Gusen

Jan Marks, husband of Stefania née Żochowska, father of Waldemar (born 1933) and Benicjusz (born 1935). Employed as a clerk at the Polish Social Security Bureau in Warsaw. Arrested at work in ... read more

Silvio Pardini 1908 - 1945

Born 23.7.1908 in La Spezia
Died 13.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Born into an anti-Fascist family, Silvio Pardini was arrested in the major raid on Migliarina (La Spezia) that took place on 21 November 1944. He was taken to a nearby engineering workshop ... read more