Leon Halaunbrenner (M / Austria, 1929-1943), Holocaust victim
Leon Halaunbrenner (M / Austria, France, 1929-1943), Holocaust victim
Alexander Halaunbrenner (M / France, 1931), Holocaust survivor
Mina Halaunbrenner (F / France, 1935-1944), Holocaust victim
Claudine Halaunbrenner (F / France, 1939-1944), Holocaust victim
Monique Halaunbrenner (F / France, 1941), Holocaust survivor
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Biography
Leon Halaunbrenner was born 1929 in Austria. The family then moved from Austria to France. After the German invasion, father was arrested and shot. Leon was deported to Auschwitz where he was forced to work in a salt mine, and perished. Mother entrusted Mina and Claudine to the Children's Home in Izieu. Both girls were deported and murdered at Auschwitz. Mother and the other two children, Alexander and Monique, survived in hiding.