Fernando Polo Tapias 1914 - 1941
Born 11.6.1914 in Barcelona
Died 16.11.1941 in Gusen
Fernando Polo Tapias and his father Domenech were anarchists. His father died in a Barcelona prison, beaten up. However, when the war broke out in Spain in 1936, Fernando was doing his military ... read more
Andrea Zanon 1891 - 1945
Born 5.8.1891 in Schio
Died 15.3.1945 in Gusen
The family of Andrea Zanon (prisoner number 115783) originally came from Val di Rabbi (Trentino). He took part in both the Libyan War and the First World War as a mountain trooper and was awarded the ... read more
Leopold Wolf 1915 - 1945
Born 9.10.1915 in Michalovce
Died 28.1.1945 in Gusen
Leopold was the oldest of five siblings of the Wolf family. He was an excellent pupil, spoke fluently seven languages and gave private lessons to other pupils in his town. All the ... read more
Georg Straub 1890 - 1945
Born 31.7.1890 in Radelstetten
Died 13.3.1945 in Mauthausen
Georg Straub was born on 31 July 1890 in Radelstetten near Ulm into what can be considered difficult family circumstances. His mother was certified as ‘mentally confused’ and his father ... read more
Stefan Antoniewski 1908 - 1941
Born 23.7.1908 in Słupca
Died 9.5.1941 in Gusen
Stefan Antoniewski was born to Ludwik and Ludwika Rucińska on 23 July 1908 in Słupca, Poland. He had five brothers. He was a teacher at an elementary school in the village Wierzchy in Poland. He was a ... read more
István Szatmári 1908 - 1945
Born 11.1.1908 in Szeged
Died 3.3.1945 in Mauthausen
István Szatmári lived in Budapest with his wife Lily and son András, born 1936. He was sent to Mauthausen (and Gusen II on his sons 8th birthday) after he was caught helping ... read more
Julián Mur Sánchez 1900 - 1942
Born 14.1.1900 in Zaragoza
Died 12.10.1942 in Hartheim
Julián Mur was born on 14 January 1900 in Zaragoza. During the Spanish Civil War he became a captain in the Republican army. Numerous survivors from among the Mauthausen deportees later ... 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
Jacques François 1921 - 1945
Born 5.5.1921 in Angers
Died 31.1.1945 in Melk
From a letter written by the Mauthausen survivor Bernard Maingot about Jacques François: ‘I have received your letter and send you my heartfelt thanks. I am in a position to relate the ... read more
Antanas Gutauskas 1894 - 1945
Born 25.5.1894 in Wyłkomierz / Ukmergė
Died 16.1.1945 in Ebensee
Antanas Gutauskas was Lithuanian origin. He had a wife and three children: Leonas, Jonušas and Regina when he was captured by Germans in Poland as he was a pilot and a mechanic in Polish Air ... read more