Hilde Zimmermann
Hilde (Wundsam) Zimmermann (September 12, 1920 – March 25, 2002), was a member of the Austrian Resistance. Arrested for her efforts to fight fascism, she was deported with her mother and childhood friend by Nazi officials to the Ravensbrück concentration camp in Germany; she then went on to survive both her imprisonment there and a death march.
Hilde Zimmerman | |
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| Born | Hilde Wundsam September 12, 1920 Vienna, Austria |
| Died | March 25, 2002 (aged 81) Vienna, Austria |
| Occupation | Austrian Resistance Member |
| Parent | Anna Wundsam |
| Relatives | Othmar Wundsam (brother) |
According to the Österreichische Lagergemeinschaft Ravensbrück & FreundInnen (Austrian Camp Community Ravensbrück & Friends), an organization which she co-founded, "She saw herself as a 'persecuted person', not as a 'victim' and considered it an obligation to report on the Nazis and the concentration camp prison in Ravensbrück especially [to] young people."
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