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Jan Zalewski 1896 - 1945

Born 17.1.1896 in Warszawa
Died 17.4.1945 in Mauthausen

Before the war, Jan Zalewski and his family lived at 19 Rybaki Street in Warsaw. He had a taxi company which was seized in September 1939. Later he founded a horse-drawn carriage company, where his ... read more

Велибор Ћирковић / Velibor Ćirković 1901 - 1943

Born 3.10.1901 in Atenica
Died 7.4.1943 in Großraming

Velibor Ćirković was Serbian from central Serbia city Cacak (village Atenica). He was member of JVuO (Jugoslovenska Vojska u Otadzbini – Yugoslav army in the fatherland) also known as C ... read more

Миодраг Ивковић / Miodrag Ivković 1917 - 1944

Born 30.10.1917 in Trnava
Died 15.6.1944 in Hartheim

Miodrag Ivković was born on 30 October 1917 in Trnava. Already a well-known Communist before the war, at the end of May 1941 he was added to the wanted list of the special police force for his ... read more

Guido Valota

Born 3.12.1905 in Bariano
Died 5./6.4.1945 in auf dem Todesmarsch bei Steyr

Guido Valto moved to Sesto San Giovanni (Milan) in the 1920s to find work. First he worked in the Falck steel works, then as a toolmaker for the Breda Aeronautica factory. In 1942 he resigned from ... read more

Ludwig Ferneböck 1882 - 1942

Born 7.7.1882 in Wien
Died 16.12.1942 in Mauthausen

The little I know of my great uncle I picked up at home or found out a couple of years ago through documents held at the Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance. They also have the two or three ... read more

Herbert Julius Pollak 1917 - 1941

Born 17.4.1917 in Wien
Died 17.10.1941 in Mauthausen

Herbert Julius Pollak was the son of a couple from Prague, authorized officer (‘Prokurist’) Dr. Fritz Pollak (1890-1942, official at the car manufacturer Škoda) and his wife Ella ... read more

Миодраг Никитовић / Miodrag Nikitović 1921 - 1943

Born 6.8.1921 in Ribarska Banja
Died 19.10.1943 in Gusen

In autumn 1976, Mrs. Milica Smiljanić, the sister of Miodrag Nikitović, told her brother’s story to the Belgrade Historical Archive and handed over some letters sent by him to his family during ... 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

Wilhelmus Wilschut 1893 - 1945

Born 8.12.1893 in Utrecht
Died 31.3.1945 in Mauthausen

Wilhelmus Wilschut worked, from December 1912 onwards, as a Dutch psychiatric nurse in the Willem Arntsz Huis in Utrecht, a medium large city at the heart of The Netherlands. The asylum was built ... read more

René Lhuillier 1899 - 1944

Born 22.8.1899 in Pexonne
Died 22.11.1944 in Melk

René Lhuillier was born on 22 April 1899 in Pexonne, Lorraine, France. He worked as a labourer. He and his son were among the 112 hostages who were captured during the raid on Sunday, 27 ... read more