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Elisabeth Volkenrath (Świerzawa, 5 de setembro de 1919 – Hameln, 13 de dezembro de 1945) foi uma integrante da SS, que trabalhou como supervisora em diversos campos de concentração durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial.
Elisabeth Volkenrath (née Mühlau; 5 September 1919 – 13 December 1945) was a German supervisor at several Nazi concentration camps during World War II. Volkenrath, née Mühlau, was an ungelernte Hilfskraft (unskilled worker) when she volunteered for service in a concentration camp.
1 de jul. de 2020 · A alemã Elisabeth Volkenrath atuou como supervisora em diversos campos de concentração durante o período do Holocausto. Após o fim da Segunda Guerra Mundial, a nazista foi julgada pelos seus crimes de guerra e condenada por cada um deles.
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- Supervision Levels and Ranks
- Daily Life
- Camps, Names and Ranks
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Female guards were generally from the lower to middle class and had no relevant work experience; their occupational background varied: one source mentions former matrons, hairdressers, tramcar-conductresses, opera singers or retired teachers. Volunteers were recruited via advertisements in German newspapers asking for women to show their love for t...
Female guards were collectively known as SS-Helferin[clarification needed] (German: "SS Helper women"). The supervisory levels within the SS-Helferinwere as follows: 1. Chef Oberaufseherin, "Chief Senior Overseer" [Ravensbrück] 2. Lagerführerin, "Camp Leader" 3. Oberaufseherin, "Senior Overseer" 4. Erstaufseherin, "First Guard" [Senior Overseer in ...
Relations between SS men and female guards are said to have existed in many of the camps, and Heinrich Himmler had told the SS men to regard the female guards as equals and comrades. At the relatively small Helmbrechts subcamp near Hof, Germany, the camp commandant, Wilhelm Dörr, openly pursued a sexual relationship with the head female overseer He...
Near the end of the war, women were forced from factories in the German Labour Exchange and sent to training centres. Women were also trained on a smaller scale at the camps of Neuengamme; Auschwitz I, II, and III; Flossenbürg (as well as Dresden-Goehle, Holleischen and Zwodau); Gross Rosen (as well as its satellites in Langenbielau, Ober Hohenelbe...
In 1996, a story broke in Germany about Margot Pietzner (married name Kunz), a former Aufseherin from Ravensbrück, the Belzig subcamp and a subcamp at Wittenberg. She was originally sentenced to death by a Soviet court, but it was commuted to a life sentence, and she was released in 1956. In the early 1990s, at the age of 74, Pietzner was awarded t...
Aroneanu, Eugene, ed. Inside the Concentration CampsTrans. Thomas Whissen. New York: Praeger, 1996.Brown, Daniel Patrick, The Camp Women. The Female Auxiliaries Who Assisted the SS in Running the Nazi Concentration Camp System. Atglen, Pa.: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2002. ISBN 0-7643-1444-0Hart, Kitty. Return to Auschwitz: The Remarkable Story of a Girl Who Survived the Holocaust. New York: Atheneum, 1983.G. Álvarez, Mónica. "Guardianas Nazis. El lado femenino del mal" (Spanish). Madrid: Grupo Edaf, 2012. ISBN 978-84-414-3240-6ELISABETH VOLKENRATH, sworn, examined by Major MUNRO - I am a German, married, and was born on 5th September, 1919 at Schonan in Silesia. Before the war I worked in a hairdressing saloon and was called up for national service in 1939.
Elisabeth Volkenrath. She walked to the gallows ten minutes later. Elisabeth was 26 years old. Her general behaviour had made her "the most hated woman in the Bergen Belsen camp". She had been condemned in Nuremberg for making the selections for the gas chamber. Now she was selected for the noose! When Pierrepoint called for
Elizabeth Volkenrath was an SS supervisor at Ravensbruck, Auschwitz and Bergen Belsen during World War II. She was executed by hanging in 1945 for her crimes against humanity.
