{"id":2868,"date":"2024-02-02T19:33:54","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T17:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edu.lediz.lmu.de\/wordpress\/?page_id=2868"},"modified":"2025-06-04T16:57:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T14:57:25","slug":"zilli-schmidt-en","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.edu.lediz.lmu.de\/wordpress\/zilli-schmidt-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Zilli Schmidt&#8217;s Interactive Digital Testimony EN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><style scoped>#gspb_row-id-gsbp-70142423-6d39{justify-content:space-between;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;}#gspb_row-id-gsbp-70142423-6d39 >.gspb_row__content{display:flex;justify-content:space-between;margin:0 auto;width:100%;flex-wrap:wrap;}.gspb_row{position:relative;}div[id^=gspb_col-id]{padding:15px min(3vw,20px);box-sizing:border-box;position:relative;}#gspb_row-id-gsbp-70142423-6d39{min-height:100%;}#gspb_row-id-gsbp-70142423-6d39{column-gap:18px;flex-wrap:nowrap;}@media (max-width:991.98px){#gspb_row-id-gsbp-70142423-6d39{row-gap:18px;column-gap:18px;flex-wrap:wrap;}}@media (max-width:767.98px){#gspb_row-id-gsbp-70142423-6d39{row-gap:15px;flex-wrap:wrap;}}@media (max-width:575.98px){#gspb_row-id-gsbp-70142423-6d39{row-gap:15px;flex-wrap:wrap;}}#gspb_row-id-gsbp-70142423-6d39{align-items:flex-start;justify-content:space-around;}#gspb_row-id-gsbp-70142423-6d39{align-content:flex-start;}#gspb_row-id-gsbp-70142423-6d39{margin-top:1%;margin-right:1%;margin-bottom:1%;margin-left:1%;}@media (max-width:575.98px){#gspb_row-id-gsbp-70142423-6d39{margin-top:5%;margin-bottom:5%;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-greenshift-blocks-row gspb_row gspb_row-id-gsbp-70142423-6d39 gspb_row--gutter-custom-0\" id=\"gspb_row-id-gsbp-70142423-6d39\"><style scoped>#gspb_col-id-gsbp-e3bfeb82-efc3.gspb_row__col--6{width:calc(50% - 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After the National Socialists seized power and persecution began, the family initially managed to evade arrest by moving frequently. However, during a stay in Strasbourg in 1942, Zilli Schmidt was caught by the Gestapo and deported to the Lety concentration camp in Pilsen. After successfully escaping, she was arrested again in Eger in 1943 and initially imprisoned in Pankr\u00e1c prison in Prague, from where she was subsequently deported to the so-called &#8220;gypsy camp&#8221; in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Several relatives, including her parents and her four-year-old daughter Gretel, were gassed the following night. In 1944, Zilli Schmidt and other prisoners were transferred to Ravensbr\u00fcck concentration camp on Josef Mengele&#8217;s orders. 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