Marija Hafner 1895 - 1942
Born 19.1.1895 in Naklo
Died 20.4.1942 in Mauthausen
On 16 April 1942 the Slovenian resistance movement shot five German collaborators, among them the German mayor of Jesenice, Karl Luckmann. As a reprisal for this action, SS Gruppenführer ... read more
Fernando Polo Tapias 1914 - 1941
Born 11.6.1914 in Barcelona
Died 16.11.1941 in Gusen
Fernando Polo Tapias and his father Domenech were anarchists. His father died in a Barcelona prison, beaten up. However, when the war broke out in Spain in 1936, Fernando was doing his military ... read more
Alojz Ivanc 1912 - 1941
Born 21.4.1912 in Gorica
Died 23.10.1941 in Gusen
It may seem unbelievable but from the documents and testimonies it is clear that the first Slovenes in the Mauthausen and Gusen concentration camps were Spanish Republican fighters of Slovenian ... read more
Marcus Turksma 1899 - 1941
Born 15.4.1899 in Deventer
Died 31.10.1941 in Mauthausen
Marc Turksma was the eldest of seven children – five boys and two girls – of the butcher Eliazer Turksma and his wife Betje Vomberg. He grew up in Polsbroek in Deventer, where his ... read more
Antonio Bonfanti 1902 - 1945
Born 2.8.1902 in Osnago
Died 25.1.1945 in Melk
Antonia Bonfanti was a countryman and dealer in wood and coal. Accused of delivering food to groups of partisans, he was arrested by a ration card inspector. He was deported to Mauthausen ... read more
Leo Haber 1881 - 1941
Born 21.1.1881 in Leszezille
Died 14.10.1941 in Mauthausen
Josub Leib (Leo) Haber was my maternal grandfather. He was married to Alice nee Jellinek and father of Hilde Judith Haber Frankl and Edith Haber Kallir. He owned a shoe store at ... read more
Josep Miret Musté 1907 - 1944
Born 14.4.1907 in Barcelona
Died 17.11.1944 in Wien
Josep Miret Musté was born on 14 April 1907 to a working-class family in Barcelona, which had moved from the rural district of Tarragona to the Catalan capital. He learned the art of ... read more
Alfred Fritz 1914 - 1945
Born 10.7.1914 in Wien
Died 24.3.1945 in Mauthausen
Alfred Fritz was born to Mathius and Frieda Fritz in Vienna. He studied to be an engineer. Due to being an active communist he was forced to leave Austria and went to Czechoslovakia. He made a living ... read more
Вукола Тепавчевић / Vukola Tepavčević 1899 - 1944
Born 26.2.1899 in Kalinovik
Died 13.11.1944 in Hartheim
Vukola and his wife Milja had seven children, six sons and one daughter (my mother), 14 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren. Only two of Vukola’s and ... read more
Ludwik Stępniak 1902 - 1941
Born 13.8.1902 in Wola
Died 31.7.1941 in Gusen
Ludwik Stępniak was born in 1902 in Wola Owsiana in the Kutno county in Warsaw governorate in the Russian partition of Polish lands. After the First World War, when Poland achieved independence, he ... read more
