Anton Schmid
Deceased Person
1900 – 1942
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Who was Anton Schmid?
Anton Schmid was an Austrian conscript to the Wehrmacht in World War II who, as a sergeant in Vilnius, Lithuania, was executed by his superiors for helping 250 Jewish men, women, and children escape from extermination by the Nazi SS during the European Jewish Holocaust. He did this by hiding them, supplying them with false ID papers and helping them escape.
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- Born
- Jan 9, 1900
Vienna - Also known as
- Шмид, Антон
- Lived in
- Vienna
- Died
- Apr 13, 1942
Vilnius
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on July 23, 2013
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