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Aron Wolfson
Dec 14th, 1906 - Aug 29th, 1942
Andor Czitrom
Jul 3rd, 1921 - 1945
Andor "Bandi" Czitrom was born in Budapest in 1921. He was a leather worker and had an older sister, Jolan, who survived, and an older brother, Jeno, who died performing forced labour circa 1944. Like many Hungarian men in the 1940s, as soon as he became of age Bandi was selected to do forced...
Alfred Dub
Jan 3rd, 1870 - Jul 1st, 1943
Simon Van Praag
Nov 10th, 1869 - May 14th, 1943
Gad Beck
Jun 30th, 1923 - Jun 24th, 2012
Despite being both gay and Jewish, Gad Beck survived the entire duration of Nazi rule living in Berlin. He was 19 when, in 1941, his friends and neighbours began to be rounded up and deported. He made the decision to actively resist Nazi persecution, assuming a leading role in the Chug Chaluzi...
Rudolf Brazda
Jun 26th, 1913 - Aug 3rd, 2011
Rudolf Brazda was the last known concentration camp survivor deported specifically for homosexuality. For many decades, Brazda’s story remained unheard as discrimination against gay men and lesbians in Europe continued. He began to speak out publicly about his experiences only in the final years of...
Rudy Ronald Kennedy
Sept 24th, 1927 - Nov 8th, 2008
Rudy Kennedy (born Rudi Karmeinsky) was born in Rosenberg, Germany (now Olesno, Poland) a small town of around 6,000 people including around 50 Jews. Most Jews lived in the town centre next to the Synagogue which was very large for the small population and only had a local cantor, Rudy's family...
Irena Sendler
Feb 15th, 1910 - May 12th, 2008
"BEFORE THE WAR She began her studies at University of Warsaw in 1928. As a student, she joined the Union of Polish Democratic Youth. On and off, she studied law and Polish studies, neither of which she completed. Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, she prepared her Master’s thesis on a...
Dawid (David) Sierakowiak
Jul 25th, 1924 - Aug 8th, 1943
"Dawid Sierakowiak was born to Majlech and Sura Sierakowiak in July 1924. His father was a Jewish cabinet-maker. Dawid and his younger sister, Natalia (called Nadzia by her family), lived with their parents in their native city of Łódź (Lodz), Poland. As a teenager, Sierakowiak was a student at the...
Mina Pächter
Jun 16th, 1872 - Sept 27th, 1944
Mina was a Czech Jewish woman born in Frauenberg to Heinrich and Anna Stern. She lived in Bodenbach with her husband Adolf. They had two children together and she cared for the children from his previous marriages. She enjoyed collecting art and antiques, which when Adolf died in 1915 she turned...
Chana Aszerman
Aug 5th, 1924 - Aug 8th, 1942
Chana’s life was stolen from her just as she was starting life as an adult. She will forever be in our hearts and minds and we will endeavour to ensure that she is never forgotten, and that history must never again repeat itself. Simon & Mark, Paris & London 2023
Ottó Komoly
Mar 17th, 1892 - Jan 1st, 1945
Ottó Komoly (born Natan Zeev Kohn) was born in Budapest in 1892. His father David Kohn attended the first Zionist conference in 1897 and founded the movement’s Hungarian branch. Ottó fought in the Austro-Hungarian army reaching the rank of captain, wounded in action, and awarded military honours....
Family Riesel
May 11th, 1875 - May 12th, 1942
Family Riesel consisted of:- Baruch Riesel (Father & Husband, very cultured & especially learned. He was orthodox but very modern. Baruch owned a small store;) Elke Riesel (Wife & Mother;) Sabine Riesel (Daughter;) Sofie Riesel (Daughter:) My father, Josef Riesel, the family's son, was the only...
Susan Lewis
May 13th, 1951 - Aug 12th, 2022
In loving memory of my darling wife, Sue, who supported always the work of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust and never forgot the suffering of all those who perished in the Holocaust.
Wilhelm Wolf Waltuch
1944
My grandfather Wilhelm Wolf Waltuch lived with his family in Vienna. He was a writer and ran the biggest cinema in the city, Theatre Kino. In March 1938 Hitler annexed Austria and their happy lives came to an end. His son, Adolf, was arrested and eventually executed in Vienna, June 1942. I cannot...
Leonard David Frank
1903 - 1943
IN MEMORY of LEONARD DAVID FRANK Born in 1903 in ZWOLLE The Netherlands. Murdered at Auschwitz. 1943 My father, Leo Frank graduated from Leiden University, Netherlands in 1929. In 1936 he was Honoured by Queen Wilhelmina of Holland with The Ridder Order van Oranje Nassau.He was the youngest person...
Zsigmond Weinberger
Mar 18th, 1888 - 1945
Zsigmond Weinberger was a timber merchant in Gyor, Hungary, but was originally from Austria. He raised his two daughters to value education and ensured, inasmuch as he was able, that they were fluent in many languages. German was the language at the dinner table at which they discussed music, the...
Family Perelman
1942
My maternal grandparents BLUMA AND ISAAC PERLEMAN (LIVED IN WARSAW PRE-OCCUPATION) Date of Birth & Date of Death: unknown Place of Death: Warsaw or Treblinka Of their 8 adult children and many grandchildren my mother, half-sister and I are the only ones of their descendants to have survived the...
Louisa Gould
Oct 7th, 1891 - Feb 13th, 1945
Louisa Gould hid a Russian prisoner of war in her home on the island of Jersey. She was arrested and sent to a concentration camp where she ultimately paid with her life. Louisa Mary Le Druillenec was born on 7 October 1891. She grew up in St Ouen, one of the 12 parishes on the island of Jersey,...
Sharif Barko
1961 - Jan 16th, 2021
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