Memorial plaque in Gaschurn "Woman in Resistance"

The nurse Pauline Wittwer performed voluntary service as a Red Cross helper in Feldkirch during the time of National Socialism. Again and again, she sent food and clothing to French prisoners of war. Multiple times denounced and reported, she was arrested by the Gestapo and sentenced to several months in prison. In 1941, she was deported to the concentration camp Ravensbrück. The reasons given for her arrest were "political resistance" and "willingness to help the sick." A year later, she became seriously ill and was nearly released as unfit for work. Since 2022, a memorial plaque in Gaschurn commemorates Pauline Wittwer and her resistance against the National Socialists. The plaque was erected as part of the project "15 Places – 15 Stories."