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Solomon Baruch Kornmehl 1911 - 1945

Born 6.6.1911 in Bobowa
Died 15.1.1945 in Mauthausen

  Solomon Baruch Kornmehl was born on 8 June 1911 in Bobowa, Poland, to Ele Kornmehl Ziegeltuch and Berl Rosenberg. He had six brothers and sisters. His father was a Torah scribe for the famous ... read more

Михаил Александрович Акимов / Michail Alexandrowitsch Akimow 1920 - 1944

Born 23.2.1920 in Leningrad / Sankt-Peterburg
Died 25.9.1944 in Mauthausen

Michail Alexandrovich Akimov was born on 23 February 1920 in Leningrad. After completing eight years of general schooling he trained as a cutter in the Factory and Works’ School of Mechanical ... read more

Karel van Bever 1897 - 1944

Born 10.11.1897 in Vilvoorde
Died 20.3.1944 in Mauthausen

Karel Jozef Lodewijk van Bever was born on 10 November 1897 as the son of Hendrik van Bever and Maria Catherina De Kerck in Vilvoorde. His father, Hendrik van Bever, was a baker and a founding member ... read more

Драгутин Соколовић / Dragutin Sokolović 1894 - 1944

Born 1.3.1894 in Ivanje
Died 29.6.1944 in Hartheim

Dragutin Sokolović was a beloved father and husband. He was born in Ivanje, south Serbia. Dragutin was married to Stojna and had four children: Stanijan (killed by Bulgarian fascists in World War 2), ... read more

Alois Roth 1894 - 1945

Born 8.12.1894 in Obergünzburg
Died 22.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Alois (Aloisius) Roth, born on 8 December 1894 in Obergünzburg, came from a long-established farming and innkeeping family. Alois Roth, the fourth child, grew up with his six siblings in the ... read more

Franciszek Flak 1902 - 1945

Born 27.9.1902 in Nowa Wieś
Died 25.2.1945 in Mauthausen

Franciszek Flak was a Polish State Police officer in Garwolin Poland. After German invasion of Poland Franciszek evacuated his family from Garwolin. He came back to Garwolin after fall of Poland at ... read more

Chiel Bruhand 1897 - 1945

Born 4.6.1897 in Wieliczka
Died 24.1.1945 in Mauthausen

Chiel Bruhand was born in Wieliczka, Poland, just outside of Krakow on 4 June 1897 to Brucha. He had at least one brother, Benjamin. He lived in Krakow and was a successful engineer. He built ... read more

Fritz Sidlof 1917 - 1945

Born 8.6.1917 in Wien
Died 1.5.1945 in Gusen

Fritz was the beloved son of Regina and Leopoldo Sidlof, who both died in 1942, and most loved brother of his sister Julie pictured here in 1938. Fritz was planning to study architecture in Vienna ... read more

Martin Vrijens 1908 - 1942

Born 5.7.1908 in Kanne
Died 20.12.1942 in Gusen

Martin Vrijens was a teacher at St-Jansschool in Waterschei / Genk / Limburg. From 1929 he taught in that school, in the beginning, the French-speaking children of the 1st and 2nd academic year. He ... read more

Karl Reindl 1913 - 1945

Born 20.2.1913 in Linz
Died 28.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Karl Reindl was my uncle. His wife Theresia was my father’s sister. He was one of the 42 antifascists who were gassed as late as 28/29 April on the orders of the Gauleiter of Oberdonau, August ... read more