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Franz Paul Erath 1913 - 1940

Born 19.12.1913 in Dunningen
Died 11.2.1940 in Mauthausen

Franz Paul Erath came into the world in Dunningen in the district of Rottweil as the seventh of ten children, of whom five died shortly after birth. In 1923, his parents Anna and Franz Xaver moved ... read more

Ryszard Piegat 1912 - 1945

Born 14.3.1912 in Marki
Died 15.3.1945 in Melk

Ryszard Piegat was the son of Helena Piegat, née Leszczyński, and Julian Piegat, a baker by trade. He was the eldest of four brothers. Our only knowledge of his life before the war was that he ... read more

Josef Paul Mikulski 1886 - 1940

Born 7.1.1886 in Gleiwitz / Gliwice
Died 7.2.1940 in Mauthausen

Josef Paul Mikulski was born on 7 January 1886 in Gliwice. He worked there for the metal industry. On 26 July 1910 he married Johanna Olbrich. They lived in Gliwice. The marriage produced five ... read more

František Škopek 1912 - 1942

Born 20.4.1912 in Dřešín
Died 22.5.1942 in Mauthausen

František (christened Vojtěch) Škopek was born on 20 April 1912 in Dřešín, district Strakonice, Austria-Hungary. He spent all his childhood here, in the beautiful region o ... read more

Peter van Pels 1926 - 1945

Born 8.11.1926 in Osnabrück
Died 10.5.1945 in Mauthausen

‘I sat down on the stairs, and we began to talk... Peter didn't say anything more about his parents; we just talked about books and about the past. Oh, he gazes at me with such warmth in his ... read more

Maurice Louis Antonin Dupic 1921 - 1945

Born 7.4.1921 in Paris
Died 12.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Maurice Louis Antonin Dupic was born on 7 April 1921 in Paris and worked in a bank. He died on 12 April 1945. His father was Antonin Benoit Dupic (1885–1960), a Frenchman from the Auvergne who ... read more

Marie Stará 1902 - 1942

Born 19.3.1902 in Praha
Died 24.10.1942 in Mauthausen

The history of the Starý family Youth and Growing Up Jaroslav Starý was born on 22 April 1891 in Sobíňov to parents Josef Starý and Josefa Stará. He trained as a ... read more

Kaare Moursund 1895 - 1944

Born 27.3.1895 in Tromsø
Died 4.12.1944 in Melk

Kaare Moursund was born on 27 March 1895 in Tromsø as the fourth child of the lawyer and bank director Carl Anton Moursund and his wife Theodora Giæver. He trained as a ship’s ... read more

Antón Vidal Filipó 1900 - 1945

Born 21.4.1900 in Valls de Canillo
Died 29.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Anton Vidal Filipó was born on 11 April 1900 in the Vidal family home in Prats, a small village near to the parish of Canillo (Principality of Andorra). His father was named Anton, like him, ... read more

Jerzy Ostrowski 1897 - 1942

Born 9.1.1897 in Chodel
Died 27.11.1942 in Gusen

Jerzy Zbigniew Ostrowski, a Polish novelist, published amongst others ‘Obok życia’, ‘Sobieradek’, ‘Sztandar na maszcie’,  ‘Chorągiew na dachu’, & ... read more