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Zachariasz Lesz 1892 - 1945

Born 28.5.1892 in Piotrków
Died 7.1.1945 in Melk

Zachariasz Lesz was the son of Szmuel Jakob Lesz and Ruchla Laja Lesz. Zachariasz’s true name was Szbasia Zachariasz Lesz, b. 28 May 1892 in Petrikau, Polen. He was an uncle to Jack Budkowski ... read more

Hartog Cohen 1890 - 1941

Born 5.10.1890 in Zutphen
Died 23.10.1941 in Mauthausen

Introduction Hartog Cohen was arrested on 9 October 1941, 51 years old. Being a Jew and as a political opponent of the German national socialism he was deported to the Mauthausen concentration camp ... read more

Lucien Gonnetan 1888 - 1945

Born 13.11.1888 in Lyon
Died 26.2.1945 in Gusen

Lucien Gonnetan was born on 13 November 1888 in Lyon (4th district). Married to Marthe Van Minden, he was wounded in battle during the First World War. Lucien was father of 2 children, Maxime, born ... read more

Κωνσταντίνος Χιωτέρης / Konstantinos Chioteris 1906 - 1944

Born 20.2.1906 in Elioli
Died 13.12.1944 in Melk

Ο Κωνσταντίνος Χιωτέρης, του Δημητρίου &k ... read more

Leopold Franciscus Dael 1907 - 1945

Born 12.9.1907 in Venlo
Died 1.3.1945 in Mauthausen

The brothers Jan and Leo Dael came from a large Catholic family. Leopold Dael Sen. and his wife Helena Maassen had nine children: four boys and five girls. Leopold was an energetic and successful ... read more

Abilio Álvarez Bernardo 1916 - 1942

Born 25.6.1916 in Olelas (Entrimo)
Died 2.2.1942 in Hartheim

He was born on 25 June 1916 in Olelas, a small Galician village in Entrimo council in Ourense. Olelas is very close to the border which unites Galician and Portuguese people. His parents were ... read more

Aron Szlama Horowicz 1905 - 1945

Born 15.4.1905 in Radom
Died 15.1.1945 in Gusen

Aron Szlama Horowicz was born in Radom, Poland on 15 april 1905 to Chazkiel Horowicz and Liba Huma Horowicz (nee Gelbard). He was the oldest of six children surviving to adulthood. Two brothers died ... read more

Antoni Boroński 1908 - 1942

Born 10.6.1908 in Pogorzela
Died 11.6.1942 in Gusen

My grandfather was 34 years old when he died in concentration camp in Mauthausen/Gusen on 11 June 1942. He had left a wife Cecylia and five children. My mother Jadwiga was the youngest of the ... read more

Γεώργιος Δράκος Ξυλούρης / Georgios Drakos Xylouris 1923 - 1944

Born 31.10.1923 in Kroussona
Died 16.10.1944 in Hartheim

Georgios Drakos Xylouris was Drakos and Sofia Xylouris' only child. He was arrested by the German authorities in February 1942 because he offered food to Nikolaos Vidakis or Tsikalas at location ... read more

Johann Baptist Steinacker 1870 - 1944

Born 20.11.1870 in Odenheim / Östringen
Died 14.4.1944 in Mauthausen

The tailor Johann Baptist (‘Hermann’, ‘Gries’) Steinacker was born on 20 November 1870 in Odenheim (district of Karlsruhe) and later lived in Barmen and Wuppertal-Barmen. Even ... read more