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Kazimierz Koziol 1891 - 1940

Born 3.3.1891
Died 8.11.1940 in Gusen

Born on 3 March 1891 in Bajdy, formerly part of the the Austrian-Hungarian Empire (today in Poland). Died on 8 November 1940 in the Mauthausen concentration camp, in Austria. Kazimierz and Stanislawa ... read more

Александр Кузьмич Яропольский / Alexandr Kusmitsch Jaropolskij 1899 - 1945

Born 9.6.1899 in Moskwa
Died 1.3.1945 in Gusen

My grandfather Alexandr Kuzmich Yaropolsky was born on 9 June (by the old Russian calendar) / 22 June (by the new Russian calendar) 1899. The family lived in Moscow near to Krasnaya Presnya Street in ... read more

Alfred Jones 1914 - 1944

Born 18.8.1914 in Port Talbot
Died 9.11.1944 in Mauthausen

Alfred Jones enlisted at Port Talbot into the Royal Artillery on 19 August 1931 aged 17, he had added a year to his age so he could join up. After training he was posted to the 22/24 Brigade and on ... read more

Mojszes Leder 1903 - 1944

Born 19.10.1903 in Tarnów
Died 30.11.1944 in Gusen

A Name with No Face: Mojszes Leder There are no pictures of our uncle, Mojszes Leder. His story is one of courage and the will to survive. In sharing his story, we celebrate his life and remember ... read more

Александр Петрович Еланский / Alexandr Petrowitsch Elanskij 1920 - 1941

Born 10.10.1920 in Matweewki
Died 27.11.1941 in Mauthausen

Alexandr Petrovich Elansky was born on 10 October 1920 in the village of Matveevka in today’s Staromainsky region of the Ulyanovsk oblast. Before the war he and his father were living in the ... read more

Christian Decker 1905 - 1943

Born 5.6.1905 in Düren
Died 25.3.1943 in Mauthausen

Christian Decker was the son of Johann Decker (unskilled worker) and Anna Sibilla Decker, nee Breuer. Lothar Böling, Bertram-Wieland-Archiv für die Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung e.V., ... read more

Leo Jotischky 1905 - 1945

Born 21.8.1905 in Budapest
Died 22.4.1945 in Gunskirchen

The name of Leó's wife was Ilona Révész (died in 1969). The name of his sister, who survived the Holocaust, was Alicia Jotischky. Despite Leó's murder, the Nazi attempt to ... read more

Henryk Sławik 1894 - 1944

Born 15.7.1894 in Jastrzębie-Zdró
Died 23.8.1944 in Mauthausen

In October 2013, 69 years after his murder in Mauthausen, the Viennese embassy of the Republic of Poland brought the memorial ceremonies organised in cooperation with the Hungarian embassy in Vienna ... read more

Maksymilian Rembelski 1910 - 1945

Born 13.10.1910 in Warszawa
Died 11.1.1945 in Ebensee

Maksymilian Rembelski was a son of Janina Rembelska and Franciszek Rembelski. He was a veterinary in Warsaw. Marta Kremky, grandniece read more

Johann Knipf 1886 - 1939

Born 5.5.1886 in Essen
Died 10.2.1939 in Gusen

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