Alfred Gottfried Ochshorn

Deceased Person

1915 – 1943

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Who was Alfred Gottfried Ochshorn?

Gottfried Ochshorn was a Jewish Austrian communist student activist and fighter during the Spanish Civil War. At the end of the Spanish Republic he went to France where he worked as a translator for German troops while also active in forging papers to aid the French Resistance. After being betrayed by an informant, he was arrested in 1943 by the Gestapo and sent to the Mauthausen concentration camp. He died after being shot by a guard, Martin Bartesch, during an escape attempt.

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Born
Apr 6, 1915
Died
Oct 23, 1943

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on July 23, 2013

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