{"id":5542,"date":"2022-06-23T18:16:24","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T16:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.die-verleugneten.de\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=5542"},"modified":"2026-01-12T10:42:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T09:42:53","slug":"wilhelm-zorichta","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/www.die-verleugneten.de\/en\/biography\/wilhelm-zorichta\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilhelm Zorichta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>From a reformatory to a concentration camp<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The first record is his handwritten curriculum vitae. This is the most personal of the documents in the file. The text is very stilted. Wilhelm Zorichta evidently produced it under duress. At the time, in autumn 1943, he was in Herzogs\u00e4gm\u00fchle workhouse for itinerants. He had been admitted there on police orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"733\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.die-verleugneten.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/zorichta-02-lebenslauf-archiv-herzogsaegmuehle-e1655988450513-733x800.jpg\" alt=\"handgeschriebener Lebenslauf von Wilhelm Zorichta\" class=\"wp-image-2662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.die-verleugneten.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/zorichta-02-lebenslauf-archiv-herzogsaegmuehle-e1655988450513-733x800.jpg 733w, https:\/\/www.die-verleugneten.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/zorichta-02-lebenslauf-archiv-herzogsaegmuehle-e1655988450513-400x437.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.die-verleugneten.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/zorichta-02-lebenslauf-archiv-herzogsaegmuehle-e1655988450513.jpg 739w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wilhelm Zorichta\u2019s handwritten curriculum vitae.<br><sub>Source: Archiv Diakonie Herzogs\u00e4gm\u00fchle<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-boom-accordion accordion-item\"><h3 class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"heading-722bfa85-50db-449d-9cb3-2f7b23e6c232\"><button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse-722bfa85-50db-449d-9cb3-2f7b23e6c232\"><span class=\"accordion-button-text\">Transcript<\/span><\/button><\/h3><div id=\"collapse-722bfa85-50db-449d-9cb3-2f7b23e6c232\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-722bfa85-50db-449d-9cb3-2f7b23e6c232\"><div class=\"accordion-body\">\n<p>Curriculum vitae of the<br>reformatory resident Wilhelm Zorichta<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I, Wilhelm Zorichta, from 94 Kronprinzenstr. in Hindenburg, [was] born on 31 May 1920. I started primary school in Hindenburg at the age of six. I left school at the age of fourteen after the third year. My father\u2019s name is Bruno and he was born on 4 October 1899; he is a metalworker by profession. My mother\u2019s name is Julia, n\u00e9e Kokott; she was born on 12 April 1898. I was admitted to Grottkau reformatory at the age of 14. I was discharged again after 3 weeks. After that I went to work for a farmer on three occasions, each time for half a year. When I was 18 I was put back in correctional education. At 19 I was discharged from the reformatory. Then I worked in construction. On 9 November 1940 I was put in the police prison in Hindenburg. [I was there] up until 20 January 1941. On 20 January [1941] I was admitted to Moringen youth protection camp. I was in the youth protection camp from 30 January 1941 until 30 September 1943. Then I came here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is my complete curriculum vitae.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Wilhelm Zorichta<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-boom-spacer\" style=\"height:2rem\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Some three years previously the Youth Welfare Office had described Wilhelm Zorichta as a \u00bbvagabond\u00ab and a \u00bbworkshy layabout\u00ab. His occasional spells in work did not appear to suffice. In the letter reproduced here, the Youth Welfare Office in his home town recommended police measures after the reformatory was obliged to discharge him at the age of 19. The police subsequently assigned Wilhelm to Moringen youth concentration camp as an \u00bbasocial minor\u00ab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.die-verleugneten.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/zorichta-03-beurteilung-archiv-herzogsaegmuehle.jpg\" alt=\"chreiben des <a tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"glossary\" data-bs-toggle=\"popover\" data-bs-trigger=\"hover focus\" title=\"Jugendamt\" data-bs-content-id=\"popover-id-3106\" aria-label=\"Jugendamt - Glossary term\">Jugendamt<\/a>es an die Kriminalpolizei, Hindenburg\/Oberschlesien&#8221; class=&#8221;wp-image-2664&#8243;\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">October 23, 1940: letter from the Youth Welfare Office to the Cri\u00adminal Police, Hindenburg\/Upper Silesia.<br><sub>Source: Archiv Diakonie Herzogs\u00e4gm\u00fchle   <\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-boom-accordion accordion-item\"><h3 class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"heading-e68c71d1-6738-4f75-9766-cb7baea66be3\"><button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse-e68c71d1-6738-4f75-9766-cb7baea66be3\"><span class=\"accordion-button-text\">Transcript<\/span><\/button><\/h3><div id=\"collapse-e68c71d1-6738-4f75-9766-cb7baea66be3\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-e68c71d1-6738-4f75-9766-cb7baea66be3\"><div class=\"accordion-body\">\n<p>The mayor of Hindenburg\/ Upper Silesia<br>(Youth Welfare Office)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To<br>the Criminal Police<br>in Hindenburg, Upper Silesia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">My reference: 46.Z.1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">October 23, 1940<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The young labourer Wilhelm Zorichta, born on 31 May 1920, from Hindenburg, 94 Kronprinzenstrasse, is an incorrigible, workshy layabout. From 20 June 1938 to 27 May 1939, he was housed in the reformatory in Grottkau. This correctional education was necessary because he shirked every form of work assigned to him. He loitered around and posed a threat to children. Zorichta incited children to smoke and made indecent suggestions to them. After his release from the reformatory, Zorichta fell back into his bad ways. For no good reason, he gave up an agricultural job assigned to him. He only worked occasionally and on a casual basis. He has no steady employment, but instead leads a vagabond life. After asking the local employment office to place him in work, I was informed that Zorichta had ignored repeated orders to report to the employment office and could therefore not be assigned work. As the young man concerned is over the age of 20, the Youth Welfare Office is unable to apply for correctional measures to be imposed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I therefore request that you initiate police measures against Zorichta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">p.p.<br>signature<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-boom-spacer\" style=\"height:2rem\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Wilhelm Zorichta\u2019s father wrote to Moringen camp several times to request his son\u2019s release. He stated that he and his wife were reliant on their son\u2019s assistance; they were deaf and he could communicate on their behalf. Zorichta\u2019s father also pledged that his son would lead an \u00bborderly life\u00ab under his supervision. However, his requests were dismissed and Wilhelm Zorichta remained in the camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.die-verleugneten.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/zorichta-04-bittschreiben-archiv-herzogsaegmuehle.jpg\" alt=\"rief des Vater Boris Zorichta an die Leitung des Jugend-<a tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"glossary\" data-bs-toggle=\"popover\" data-bs-trigger=\"hover focus\" title=\"KZ\" data-bs-content-id=\"popover-id-3948\" aria-label=\"KZ - Glossary term\">KZ<\/a> Moringen&#8221; class=&#8221;wp-image-2666&#8243;\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">May 19, 1942: letter from Wilhelm Zorichta\u2019s father, Boris, to the head of Moringen youth concentration camp. <br><sub>Source: Archiv Diakonie Herzogs\u00e4gm\u00fchle  <\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-boom-accordion accordion-item\"><h3 class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"heading-70deb86b-fb78-4620-8836-0fca4456487d\"><button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse-70deb86b-fb78-4620-8836-0fca4456487d\"><span class=\"accordion-button-text\">Transkript<\/span><\/button><\/h3><div id=\"collapse-70deb86b-fb78-4620-8836-0fca4456487d\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-70deb86b-fb78-4620-8836-0fca4456487d\"><div class=\"accordion-body\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Hindenburg, May 19,1942<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To the<br>head of the youth protection camp<br>in Moringen\/Solling<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My son, Wilhelm Zorichta, born on 31 May 1920, has been in the abovementioned camp for 1 year and 4 months. I request my son\u2019s release with reference to the reasons below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I, the boy\u2019s father, am deaf-mute, as is my wife, and we require outside help, that is, at present I have to ask strangers to do all my shopping for me. It would be appropriate to release my son who has the power of speech and could do my shopping for me after work. As his father, I hereby sign to confirm that I assume the authority for ensuring that he returns to an orderly life. I request that you send me a certificate of my son\u2019s conduct. In anticipation of your kind support of my petition, with German greetings,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Bruno Zorichta<br>Hindenburg<br>Kronprinzenstr. 94<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-boom-spacer\" style=\"height:2rem\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In youth concentration camps male and female physicians carried out experiments on the young inmates and wrote reports on them. Their aim was to establish an archive at the Institute for Criminal Biology (KBI). These scientists assumed that \u00bbasocial behaviour\u00ab was hereditary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"566\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.die-verleugneten.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/zorichta-05-beurteilung-ritter-yad-vachem-566x800.jpg\" alt=\"oben: Abschrift des Schreibens des Kriminalbiologischen Instituts an das Reichskriminalpolizeiamt. unten: Abschrift des Schreibens des RKPA zur Anordnung der polizeilichen planm\u00e4\u00dfigen \u00dcberwachung von Wilhelm Zorichta\" class=\"wp-image-2668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.die-verleugneten.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/zorichta-05-beurteilung-ritter-yad-vachem-566x800.jpg 566w, https:\/\/www.die-verleugneten.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/zorichta-05-beurteilung-ritter-yad-vachem-389x550.jpg 389w, https:\/\/www.die-verleugneten.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/zorichta-05-beurteilung-ritter-yad-vachem-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.die-verleugneten.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/zorichta-05-beurteilung-ritter-yad-vachem-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/www.die-verleugneten.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/zorichta-05-beurteilung-ritter-yad-vachem-1448x2048.jpg 1448w, https:\/\/www.die-verleugneten.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/zorichta-05-beurteilung-ritter-yad-vachem-scaled.jpg 1811w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Copy of the letter from the Institute for Criminal Biology (KBI) to Department A3b of the Reich Criminal Police Office (RKPA) in Berlin, dated 18 August 1943, and copy of the letter from the RKPA, dated 4 September 1943, concerning the order to place Wilhelm Zorichta under systematic police surveillance.<br><sub>Source: Yad Vashem, Dachauer Effekte<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-boom-accordion accordion-item\"><h3 class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"heading-0e0708bd-792e-4596-8881-b7d00e716b44\"><button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse-0e0708bd-792e-4596-8881-b7d00e716b44\"><span class=\"accordion-button-text\">Transcript<\/span><\/button><\/h3><div id=\"collapse-0e0708bd-792e-4596-8881-b7d00e716b44\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-0e0708bd-792e-4596-8881-b7d00e716b44\"><div class=\"accordion-body\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Current address: Moringen, August 18, 1943<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KB1.<br>To Dept. 3b<br>Re: Zorichta, Wilhelm, born on 31 May 1920<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The camp management\u2019s recommendation that the reformatory pupil Wilhelm Zorichta, aged 23, who has been rejected as unfit for military service, be transferred to Herzogs\u00e4gm\u00fchle workhouse for itinerants, can now be approved. Please refer to my statement of 8 June 1942. Zorichta was put in correctional education in 1938. His parents have been living in Hindenburg poorhouse for 10 years. The feebleminded youngster was admitted to the youth protection camp 2 \u00bd years ago for severe waywardness. Here it became apparent that constant care and support and ordered circumstances were all that he required to live an exemplary, crime-free life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also in future, Zorichta will require guidance, supervision and motivation. Under favourable circumstances he will then turn out to be a useful worker. If he should relapse in this open labour facility, a lengthy spell in a workhouse would be recommended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">signed Dr. Ritter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-boom-spacer\" style=\"height:1rem\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-default\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-boom-spacer\" style=\"height:1rem\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Berlin, September 4, 1943<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reich Criminal Police Office<br>Log. no. Jug. 509\/40 Dept. 3b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Order for systematic police surveillance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wilhelm Zorichta, born on 31 May 1920 in Hindenburg, was released from Moringen youth protection camp on 1 October 1943.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zorichta is to be transferred to the workhouse for itinerants in Herzogs\u00e4gm\u00fchle in Bavaria. On the basis of the decree of the Reich and Prussian Ministry of the Interior, dated 14 December 1927-S-Kr.3 no. 1682\/37-2098, he will be placed under<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">systematic police surveillance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He will be subject to the following conditions:<br>1) he must adhere to the rules of the workhouse in every respect,<br>2) he may not leave Herzogs\u00e4gm\u00fchle workhouse for itinerants without authorisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>p.p.<br>signed Wieking.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-boom-spacer\" style=\"height:2rem\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Wilhelm Zorichta was always subject to the scrutiny of others \u2013 whether the physician Robert Ritter or the Youth Welfare Office. By the age of 23 he had spent his entire life in institutions and camps. The files give no indication of his state of mind or concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For those deciding on the future course of his life, what mattered was whether he could be considered a \u00bbuseful worker\u00ab. This is why Wilhelm Zorichta was sent to Herzogs\u00e4gm\u00fchle workhouse for itinerants. Despite reports describing him as \u00bba good-natured lad\u00ab, he was not granted release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While at Herzogs\u00e4gm\u00fchle he was absent from work on two occasions without authorisation. As a result, Munich Criminal Police had him sent to Dachau concentration camp in spring 1944. The camp management registered him as an \u00bbasocial\u00ab and as such he was required to wear a black triangle on his clothing. Six months later Wilhelm Zorichta was assigned to Rabstein, a subcamp of Flossenb\u00fcrg concentration camp. The transport list dated 3 September 1944 contains the last known record of his name. Wilhelm Zorichta\u2019s subsequent fate is unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-style-hover-extra-image wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"2670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.die-verleugneten.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/zorichta-06-ueberstellung-rabstein-gedenkstaette-flossenbuerg-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\u00dcberstellungsliste aus dem KZ Dachau in das Flossenb\u00fcrger <a tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"glossary\" data-bs-toggle=\"popover\" data-bs-trigger=\"hover focus\" title=\"Au\u00dfenlager\" data-bs-content-id=\"popover-id-3054\" aria-label=\"Au\u00dfenlager - Glossary term\">Au\u00dfenlager<\/a> Rabstein&#8221; class=&#8221;wp-image-2670&#8243;\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">September 3, 1944: list of people to be transferred from Dachau concentration camp to Rabstein, a subcamp of Flossenb\u00fcrg. A total of 250 men were on this list, including Wilhelm Zorichta (no. 246). <br><sub>Source: KZ-Gedenkst\u00e4tte Flossenb\u00fcrg \/ Signatur: AGFI S.33.841 und Gedenkst\u00e4tte Yad Vashem \/ Signatur: Yad Vashem M.8.ITS\/BD 6\/Roll 4 <\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1814\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"2672\" src=\"https:\/\/www.die-verleugneten.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/zorichta-06-ueberstellung-rabstein-gedenkstaette-flossenbuerg-layover-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\u00dcberstellungsliste aus dem KZ Dachau in das Flossenb\u00fcrger Au\u00dfenlager Rabstein\" class=\"wp-image-2672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.die-verleugneten.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/zorichta-06-ueberstellung-rabstein-gedenkstaette-flossenbuerg-layover-scaled.jpg 1814w, https:\/\/www.die-verleugneten.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/zorichta-06-ueberstellung-rabstein-gedenkstaette-flossenbuerg-layover-390x550.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.die-verleugneten.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/zorichta-06-ueberstellung-rabstein-gedenkstaette-flossenbuerg-layover-567x800.jpg 567w, https:\/\/www.die-verleugneten.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/zorichta-06-ueberstellung-rabstein-gedenkstaette-flossenbuerg-layover-768x1084.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.die-verleugneten.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/zorichta-06-ueberstellung-rabstein-gedenkstaette-flossenbuerg-layover-1089x1536.jpg 1089w, https:\/\/www.die-verleugneten.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/zorichta-06-ueberstellung-rabstein-gedenkstaette-flossenbuerg-layover-1451x2048.jpg 1451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1814px) 100vw, 1814px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">September 3, 1944: list of people to be transferred from Dachau concentration camp to Rabstein, a subcamp of Flossenb\u00fcrg. A total of 250 men were on this list, including Wilhelm Zorichta (no. 246).<br><sub>Source: KZ-Gedenkst\u00e4tte Flossenb\u00fcrg \/ Signatur: AGFI S.33.841 und Gedenkst\u00e4tte Yad Vashem \/ Signatur: Yad Vashem M.8.ITS\/BD 6\/Roll 4 <\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-boom-accordion accordion-item\"><h3 class=\"accordion-header\" id=\"heading-070743f1-5659-4995-bdbb-b325144c2ade\"><button class=\"accordion-button collapsed\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"collapse-070743f1-5659-4995-bdbb-b325144c2ade\"><span class=\"accordion-button-text\">Transcript<\/span><\/button><\/h3><div id=\"collapse-070743f1-5659-4995-bdbb-b325144c2ade\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-070743f1-5659-4995-bdbb-b325144c2ade\"><div class=\"accordion-body\">\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>246. AZR RD.&nbsp; 24376&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Zorichta Wilhelm  31.5.20 Hindenburg<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"popovers-wrapper\"><div id=\"popover-id-3948\" class=\"d-none\">\n<p><strong>Abk\u00fcrzung f\u00fcr Konzentrations\u00adlager<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bezeichnung f\u00fcr alle im Herrschaftsbereich der Nationalsozialisten errichteten Haftst\u00e4tten f\u00fcr politische Gegner\/-innen oder Menschen, die zu solchen erkl\u00e4rt wurden. Die Gefangenen sterben an schwerer k\u00f6rperlicher Zwangsarbeit, Unterern\u00e4hrung, Krankheiten, Folter sowie durch gezielte und willk\u00fcrliche Morde. Die Lager stehen unter Kontrolle der SS (Schutzstaffel). Zwischen 1933 und 1945 waren insgesamt 2,5 bis 3,5 Millionen Menschen in Konzentrations\u00adlagern inhaftiert.<\/p>\n<\/div><div id=\"popover-id-3106\" class=\"d-none\">\n<p>Das Jugend\u00adamt ist ein Teil der \u00f6ffentlichen F\u00fcrsorge und hat den Auftrag, hilfsbed\u00fcrftige Kinder und Jugendliche sowie deren Familien zu unterst\u00fctzen. Allerdings w\u00e4hlen die Nationalsozialisten genau aus, wen sie unterst\u00fctzen. Um an die n\u00f6tigen Informationen \u00fcber die Familien zu gelangen, arbeitet das Jugend\u00adamt eng mit dem Wohlfahrtsamt und den nationalsozialistischen Jugendorganisationen zusammen. Wenn Kinder und Jugendliche den Beh\u00f6rden auffallen, kann das Jugend\u00adamt F\u00fcrsorgeerziehung beantragen.<\/p>\n<\/div><div id=\"popover-id-3054\" class=\"d-none\">\n<p>In fast allen Konzentrationslagern werden insbesondere ab 1942 sogenannte Au\u00dfen\u00adlager eingerichtet. Die dort inhaftierten KZ-H\u00e4ftlinge m\u00fcssen Zwangsarbeit leisten. Die Lebensbedingungen sind dabei ebenso unmenschlich wie in den Hauptlagern. Insgesamt entstehen mehr als 1.000 Au\u00dfen\u00adlager im Deutschen Reich und den besetzten Gebieten.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wilhelm Zorichta\u2019s story can only be told using the files that the authorities and institutions kept on him and are now held in archives. These documents make it possible to sketch a rough outline of his life. 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