Memorial Plate in Silbertal "Frau mit Courage"

From 1940 to 1942, there was a camp for French prisoners of war in Silbertal, whose distressing living conditions moved Apollonia Bitschnau, who ran the inn Hirschen in Silbertal with her family, to help. She was accused and sentenced to a several-month prison term. The National Socialists accused her of having „gravely violated the healthy sense of public feeling“ in her dealings with prisoners of war. Apollonia's sisters, who were also impaired, were also at great risk. She was able to prevent their deportation to one of the Nazi extermination camps by employing Annili and Marili in the business, thereby publicly demonstrating that the two women were capable of work. Since 2022, a memorial plaque in Silbertal remembers Apollonia Bitschnau, which was erected as part of the project „15 Orte – 15 Geschichten“.