(1900--1942), German soldier who rescued Jews during World War II. While serving in Vilna as a sergeant in the Wehrmacht, Schmid came in contact with a group of Jews from the Vilna ghetto who were assigned to work for his unit.Schmid treated them kindly, and they grew to trust him. After hearing about the massacres at Ponary in late 1941, Schmid decided to do whatever he could to rescue Jews. He released Jews who were being detained in the Lakishki jail, secretly brought food and supplies to Jews in the ghetto, and hid Jews in the cellars of three houses under his supervision. He ...
Schmid, Anton
Anton Schmid was born in 1900 in Vienna, where he owned a business in Klosterneuburger Street in Wien-Brigittenau that sold technical, electronic and radio equipment. He was married and the father of a daughter. In 1938, after the German annexation of Austria, Schmid helped Jewish acquaintances to get to the Czech border in order to escape. In 1941, as part of his service in the German military, Schmid was stationed in Vilna in occupied Lithuania. Holding the rank of sergeant (Feldwebel), he was responsible for a unit that collected German soldiers that had lost track of their original...
The Soldier "Whose Heart was in Jewish Matters"Anton Schmid was born in Vienna in 1900. He owned a radio shop was married with one daughter. When the Second
This report was found in the Ringelbum Archives – the underground archive that operated in Warsaw during the Holocaust where documents. diaries. testimonies and
In a letter to his friends in Palestine. written in April 1943. Mordechai Tenenbaum describes Anton Schmid'We should remember Anton Schmied. a German Feldwebel
'My dear Steffi.As I think of you in joy and in sorrow. I inform you. my dearest. that my verdict has been announced today and that I must part from this world.
Farewell letter sent by Righteous Among the Nations Anton Schmid to his wife, Stefanie, and accompanying documents, 13 April 1942
There are three letters in the file:
- Letter of response sent by an officer holding the rank of Captain to Stefanie Schmid, regarding the field trial conducted against her husband, Anton Schmid, 25 March 1942;
- Farewell letter sent by Anton Schmid from Vilna to his wife and daughter telling of his imminent execution on the charge of rescuing Jews and others, 13 April 1942;
- Letter sent by the military chaplain Fritz Kropp to Stefanie Schmidt containing an announcement of...
Veser Collection survey regarding the activities of the Righteous Among the Nations, Anton Schmid, in Vilna, 1941-1942
Occupation of Vilna by the Germans, June 1941; putting together Jewish forced laborers and German overseers who provided them with protection from "Aktions"; case of a German officer with the rank of Lieutenant who took care of 900 Jews who worked for him and received from them clothing and footwear as a gift, September 1941; Jewish forced laborers who gave presents to German overseers at the end of every month in order to earn the extension of their employment; spread of the knowledge...
Publications, correspondence and articles regarding the character of Righteous Among the Nations, Anton Schmid; documentation of the German-Jewish writer Hermann Adler who survived due to Anton Schmid and wrote about him; documentation regarding Righteous Among the Nations Carl Lutz, 1944-1990
- Audio cassette containing a broadcast by Hermann Adler devoted to Anton Schmid (pp. 2-4);
- Correspondence between Hermann Adler, a German-Jewish writer who was rescued by Anton Schmid, and Bronia Klibanski on the subject of Schmid, dated 1987-1990, including much information regarding Schmid and pertaining to his...
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Type of Material : List, Research Article, Article