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Stanisław Górecki 1914 - 1945

Born 15.9.1914 in Młynek
Died 18.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Stanisław Górecki was born in a small village called Młynek, situated not far from Gidle (close to Czestochowa, Poland). He lived in a village called Sciegny, close to Kamiensk, in the Lodz c ... read more

Edmund Miller 1913 - 1942

Born 25.1.1913 in Warszawa
Died 19.9.1942 in Mauthausen

Edmund Karol Miller was in 1942 husband of Janina and father of little daughter Mirosława who was less than one year old when Edmund was arrested and taken to Auschwitz. Edmund’s wife, Janina, ... read more

Josep Catafau Rabadà 1914 - 1941

Born 7.9.1914 in Caldes de Montbui
Died 22.11.1941 in Gusen

Born on 7 September 1914 in Caldes de Montbui, son of Josep Catafau and Maria Rabadà Grimau. He had four siblings: Jaume, Miquel, Maria and Frederic. He worked as a driver and he was single. ... read more

Константин Николаевич Вашкевич / Konstantin Nikolaewitsch Waschkewitsch 1906 - 1945

Born 14.2.1906 in Olgowo
Died .4.1945 in Gusen

Konstantin Nikolaevich Vashkevich was born on 14 February 1906 in the village of Olgovo in the Dmitrovsky district of Moscow oblast. His father Nikokai Alexeevich worked as the municipal clerk. His ... read more

Eugen Prötzel 1915 - 1940

Born 7.7.1915 in Bad Cannstatt
Died 17.2.1940 in Mauthausen

Eugen Prötzel was born on 7 July 1915 in Cannstatt near Stuttgart. His father, Hermann Prötzel, was a mechanic by trade and in 1914 had married Eugen’s mother, his third wife. Eugen ... read more

Henri Eischen 1885 - 1945

Born 18.5.1885 in Hemstal
Died 21.2.1945 in Mauthausen

Henri Eischen was born on 18 May 1885 in Hemstal (Luxembourg). He was a factory worker. On 25 April 1944 Henri and his wife Marie were taken into custody for assisting a deserter. First he was held ... read more

Stanisław Malinowski 1881 - 1942

Born 3.2.1881 in Inowrocław
Died 8.1.1942 in Gusen

Stanisław Malinowski was the son of Michał Malinowski and his wife Marianna Harenda. Grzegorz Malinowski, great-great grandson read more

David Schönberg 1898 - 1944

Born 22.12.1898 in Kraków
Died 13.12.1944 in Gusen

David Schönberg was married to Liza Schönberg née Priesel. They lived in Krakow. Their three daughters Sidonia (“Syda”), Rosa (“Lalla”) and Henriette ... read more

Wladimir Signori 1925 - 1945

Born 29.7.1925 in Auboué
Died 2.3.1945 in Ebensee

After emigrating from Italy in flight from Mussolini’s Fascism, Egidio and Guglielma Signori settled in the mining town of Homécourt (department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, France) with their ... read more

Jean Rozinoer 1920 - 1943

Born 27.6.1920 in Paris
Died 29.6.1943 in Mauthausen

As a young medical student, still single, during the Second World War Jean Rozinoer lived with his parents at 280 rue Vaugirard in the 15th arrondissement of Paris. On 11 January 1940 he took part in ... read more