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Aron Wolfson
14 déc. 1906 - 29 août 1942
Andor Czitrom
3 juill. 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
3 janv. 1870 - 1 juill. 1943
Simon Van Praag
10 nov. 1869 - 14 mai 1943
Gad Beck
30 juin 1923 - 24 juin 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
26 juin 1913 - 3 août 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
24 sept. 1927 - 8 nov. 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
15 févr. 1910 - 12 mai 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
25 juill. 1924 - 8 août 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
16 juin 1872 - 27 sept. 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
5 août 1924 - 8 août 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
17 mars 1892 - 1 janv. 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
11 mai 1875 - 12 mai 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
13 mai 1951 - 12 août 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
18 mars 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
7 oct. 1891 - 13 févr. 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 - 16 janv. 2021
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