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Paweł Zygowski 1912 - 1940

Born 17.6.1912 in Danzig / Gdańsk
Died 8.12.1940 in Mauthausen

Pawel (Paul) Zygowski was my great-grandfather's uncle. The Zygowski family lived in Langfuhr, Danzig as well as the surrounding areas from as far back as the 1880s. The attached card sent to Paul's ... 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

Lucien Bunel 1900 - 1945

Born 29.1.1900 in Barentin
Died 2.6.1945 in Linz

‘Goodbye, Children.’ Lucien Bunel, or Father Jacques as he was know by everybody, was a Carmelite priest and the director of the Petit Collège des Carmes in Avon, near ... read more

Emile Ferdinand Lansberg 1921 - 1941

Born 27.6.1921 in Den Haag
Died 13.10.1941 in Mauthausen

Emile Ferdinand was born on June 27th, 1921 in The Hague. My mother told me he was a handsome boy, who loved to play guitar. He was an apprentice-cook in The Hague. On a Saturday afternoon, February ... read more

Alexandre Folch Gómez 1910 - 1941

Born 6.8.1910 in Vistabella del Maestrazgo
Died 19.10.1941 in Gusen

He was born on 6 August 1910 in Vistabella del Maestrazgo (Castellón), son of Alexandre Folch Clerich and Dolors Gómez Salvador. He was single and he used to work as bricklayer. He used ... read more

Dina de Leve-Cohen 1919 - 1945

Born 16.10.1919 in Groningen
Died 20.3.1945 in Mauthausen

  The Dutch Jew Dina (Dineke) de Leve was born on 16 October 1919 in Groningen in the Netherlands. She was the daughter of Simon Cohen and Amalia Hemelrijk. Dineke was a nurse by profession. ... read more

Isidre Donadeu Buixalleu 1918 - 1941

Born 15.3.1918 in Sant Hilari Sacalm
Died 28.11.1941 in Gusen

Isidre Donadeu Buixalleu was born on March 15, 1918 in Sant Hilari Sacalm (la Selva, Girona). During the Spanish Civil War, he was part of the local Anti-Fascist Revolutionary Committee, defending ... read more

Michał Czachor 1888 - 1941

Born 11.9.1888 in Cmolas
Died 5.9.1941 in Gusen

Michał was survived by his wife Zofia, who died in 1996, and eight of their children: Genowefa, Pelagia, Joanna, Weronika, Józef, Tadeusz, Stanisława, Leon. Pawel Barancewicz, g ... read more

Moritz Schaap 1895 - 1941

Born 18.12.1895 in Noordhorn
Died 20.10.1941 in Mauthausen

Moritz Schaap was survived by his wife, Erna Oppenheimer Schaap and son, Klaus Schaap when they fled shortly after Moritz was picked up by the Nazis. They were saved by two different families during ... read more

Петар Стојановић / Petar Stojanović 1896 - 1945

Born 12.7.1896 in Turjanski
Died 11.1.1945 in Gusen

Prisoner Number 100421 read more