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Abraham Teitel 1913 - 1942

Born 3.6.1913 in Zeishorn
Died 23.10.1942 in Mauthausen

Abraham Manjoe Teitel, Brink 13, Muiden, born in Zeishorn on 3 June 1913, died in Mauthausen on 23 October 1942. Abraham Manjoe Teitel was married, he was the head of his family. During the war, in ... read more

Ramón Romaguera Pastor 1918 - 1941

Born 22.3.1918 in Picassent
Died 27.11.1941 in Gusen

Born in Picassent (Valencian Community, SPAIN) in March 1918. He worked as a farmer in his hometown until he enlisted as a soldier in the Spanish Republican Army. After the Spanish Civil War ended, ... read more

Walter Benjamin Blau 1918 - 1941

Born 2.1.1918 in Hamburg
Died 3.7.1941 in Mauthausen

Father: Armin Blau  Mother: Ella Blau-Cohen After the eviction, Walter lived at M. Angelostraat 34, Amsterdam.  He was transported from Schoorl to Mauthausen on 11.06.1941.  Both ... read more

Oldřich Pechal 1913 - 1942

Born 12.5.1913 in Osvětimany
Died 22.9.1942 in Mauthausen

On 22 September 1942, First Lieutenant Oldřich Pechal, commander of the ‘Zinc’ parachute unit, was deported to the Mauthausen concentration camp. On the same day he was hanged in ... read more

Angelo Valagussa 1922 - 1945

Born 24.6.1922 in Cernusco Lombardone
Died 14.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Angelo Valagussa was born in a farmhouse on property belonging to the noble Ancarani family. He spent his childhood and his years of primary education in the countryside. Then he moved to the Affori ... read more

Rudolf Hösl 1903 - 1945

Born 15.2.1903 in Wien
Died 4.3.1945 in Hinterbrühl

  Over a quarter of all Austrians deported to Mauthausen concentration camp were so-called career criminals. During the harsh early period of the camp they were its only group of prisoners, and ... read more

Ján Ollárek 1915 - 1945

Born 21.1.1915 in Záhorská Bystrica
Died 10.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Ján Ollárek, born 21 January 1915 in Záhorská Bystrica, Slovakia. By profession a teacher, during World War II an officer of the Slovak Army. For participation in the ... read more

Stanisław Pawlak 1900 - 1941

Born 17.4.1900 in Kamienice
Died 19.8.1941 in Hartheim

Unfortunately, I know little of my grandfather's private life. I was born five years after his death – in 1946. I did not know him, and as a child you do not feel the need to know everything ... read more

Marco Ciocchini 1925 - 1945

Born 11.3.1925 in Talamona
Died 30.3.1945 in Gusen

Marco, son of Giovanni and Ernesta Spini, was born in Talamona (SO), Northern Italy, on 11 March 1925. He grows up in a happy farming family with many brothers and sisters. In the 1940s families in ... read more

Николай Иванович Сабуров / Nikolaj Iwanowitsch Saburow 1915 - 1942

Born 19.11.1915 in Moskwa
Died 29.3.1942 in Mauthausen

Nikolai Ivanovich Saburov was born in November 1915 in Moscow. After finishing school he attended university. He worked first at the ‘Theatre of the Working Youth’ (‘TRAM’, ... read more