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Pasqual Gimeno Cervera 1894 - 1941

Born 29.4.1894 in Barcelona
Died 2.11.1941 in Gusen

Born in Barcelona on 29 April 1894, the son of Pasqual Gimeno and Isabel Cervera, he lived in 23 Sant Domènec in Caldes de Montbui and he had four siblings: Isabel, Carme, Maria and Josep. He ... read more

Wiktor Potarzycki 1889 - 1940

Born 9.9.1889 in Gordów
Died 12.8.1940 in Gusen

Wiktor Potarzycki was a teacher and was married to Franciszka Potarzycka, They had two daughters, Maria and Halina. Wiktor was a Polish officer and fought in First World War. He was sergeant. After ... read more

Julian Dusik 1894 - 1945

Born 23.12.1894 in Łęki
Died 15.3.1945 in Melk

Julian Dusik was born on 23 December 1894 in Łęki (municipality of Kęty, Oświęcim district) and was the son of Józef and Agata, née Chwierut. During the First World War he fought in the ... read more

Modest Mikołajewski 1900 - 1942

Born 20.11.1900 in Luberadz
Died 12.12.1942 in Mauthausen

My father came from a family of craftsmen, and like his own father became a blacksmith. He had two younger sisters. He married in 1926 and became the father of three children, who were eleven, eight ... read more

Břetislav Bauman 1905 - 1942

Born 3.12.1905 in Horoušany u Prahy / Horoušany
Died 24.10.1942 in Mauthausen

History of the Bauman Family Břetislav Bauman was born on 3 December 1905 and was the son of Jan and Anna Bauman. In 1911 he started to attend the local mixed primary school, which had two classes. ... 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

Marija Hafner 1914 - 1942

Born 29.11.1914 in Stražišče
Died 20.4.1942 in Mauthausen

On 16 April 1942 the Slovenian resistance movement shot five German collaborators, among them the German mayor of Jesenice, Karl Luckmann.  As a reprisal for this action, SS Gruppenführer ... read more

Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig 1896 - 1945

Born 20.6.1896 in Parenzo / Poreč
Died 22.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig was one of the most important figures in Italian architecture in the 1930s. Born in Istria, he enlisted in the Italian army, even though he was a citizen of the ... read more

Eustaquio Pérez Orduña 1897 - 1944

Born 29.3.1897 in Uztárroz/Uztarroze
Died 10.11.1944 in Melk

Eustaquio Pérez Orduña was born in Ustarroz in Navarre (Spain) on 29 March 1897. During his childhood, Eustaquio worked as a shepherd, as the wealthy employed poor children to look ... read more

Otto Kende 1912 - 1945

Born 19.3.1912 in České Budějovice
Died 10.5.1945 in Mauthausen

Otto Kende was born Otto Kohn, son of Josef (born on 27 July 1882 in Volyně) and Helena, née Schladnichová (born on 26 August 1888 in České Budějovice). According to the archives ... read more