Rudolf Máčel
Born 26.8.1897 in Arad
Died 1942 in Mauthausen
Rudolf Máčel was born the son of a mechanic. He was of Czech nationality and a botanist by profession. After completing his primary and secondary education and a two-year course at a business ... read more
Abraham Morpurgo 1901 - 1945
Born 27.3.1901 in Amsterdam
Died 1.2.1945 in Mauthausen
Abraham Morpurgo was my grandfather. The family lived a comfortable life in Amsterdam before the war. My grandfather was the owner of a retail and wholesale business dealing in household goods. The ... read more
Francesc Sariñena Esparel 1914 - 1941
Born 23.4.1914 in Barcelona
Died 21.8.1941 in Gusen
In recent years – both through our research work and through contact with relatives of victims of the National Socialist regime – we have become witnesses to genuine family dramas of the ... read more
Jakob Berger 1889 - 1944
Born 18.12.1889 in Kraków
Died 20.8.1944 in Melk
Jakub Berger was my Grandfather. Taken from his family in Berlin in 1938 during the Polenaktion. He ended up in his native town, Kraków, where his wife Franja joined him. Eventually he was ... read more
Деспот Опарушић / Despot Oparušić 1889 - 1943
Born 9.8.1889 in Donji Petrovci
Died 15.4.1943 in Gusen
At the time of his deportation to Mauthausen in 1943, Despot Oparušić was the president of the village of Donji Petrovci in Vojvodina, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He had been in this position for ... 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
Diego Biagini 1894 - 1944
Born 19.4.1894 in Prato
Died 8.4.1944 in Mauthausen
Diego Biagini was an anti-Fascist and his convictions led him to participate in the general strike at the beginning of March 1944, which had been called in Prato and other Italian cities. The result ... read more
Manuel Lucas Martínez 1919 - 1942
Born 3.12.1919 in Alhama de Almería
Died 26.1.1942 in Gusen
Manuel Lucas Martínez was born in Alhama de Almería on 3 December 1919. At the young age of 17, he was enlisted in the army voluntarily to defend the legitimate government of the ... read more
Franz Andresiak 1898 - 1940
Born 16.1.1898 in Wesseln
Died 15.2.1940 in Mauthausen
Franz Andresiak (Andrysiak) was my Opa. Married to my Omi, Louise nee Kulling. His son Peter Burchard Andrysiak is my father. Peter was three years old when his father died. I do know that my ... read more
Angelo Giuseppe Biffi 1909 - 1945
Born 11.6.1909 in Villa d'Adda
Died 2.5.1945 in Gusen
Angelo Giuseppe Biffi was the eldest of four children from a peasant family. Following the sudden death of his father, Angelo had to support his mother and three siblings from his wages. With the ... read more