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Elisabeth Volkenrath

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Nazi concentration camp supervisor
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Elisabeth Volkenrath
Volkenrath in 1945
Born
Elisabeth Mühlau

(1919-09-05)5 September 1919
Schönau an der Katzbach, Prussia, German Republic
Died13 December 1945(1945-12-13) (aged 26)
Hamelin Prison, Allied-occupied Germany
Known forWar crimes
Political partyNazi Party (1941–1945)
Criminal statusExecuted byhanging
MotiveNazism
ConvictionWar crimes
TrialBelsen trial
Criminal penaltyDeath
Military career
AllegianceNazi Germany
BranchSS-Gefolge
RankOberaufseherin
SS-Helferin
Unit

Elisabeth Volkenrath (néeMühlau; 5 September 1919 – 13 December 1945) was a German supervisor at severalNazi concentration camps duringWorld War II.

Volkenrath, née Mühlau, was anungelernte Hilfskraft (unskilled worker) when she volunteered for service in a concentration camp.[1] In October 1941 she began working atRavensbrück concentration camp as a guard. In March 1942, she was sent toAuschwitz concentration camp where she worked in the same function as at Ravensbrück.[2] At Auschwitz, she metSS-Rottenführer Heinz Volkenrath, who had worked there since 1941 asSS-Blockführer. The couple married in 1943. She participated in the selection of prisoners for the gas chambers and, in November 1944, was promoted toOberaufseherin (supervising wardress) for all camp sections for female prisoners at Auschwitz.[3]

Volkenrath was transferred toBergen-Belsen when Auschwitz was closed. From February 1945, she wasOberaufseherin at Bergen-Belsen.[3]

Belsen trial and execution

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In April 1945, Volkenrath was arrested by theBritish Army, and was tried in theBelsen trials, at which she was convicted of war crimes.[4] She claimed during her testimony that "it was really awful in the camps, but it was awful for us too. We were punished just like the prisoners."[5]Sentenced to death, she was the first woman to be executed by hanging atHamelin Prison by British official executionerAlbert Pierrepoint[6] on 13 December 1945 at 09:34.[7]

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References

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  1. ^Willmott, Lauren (2015-06-10)."The Forgotten Brutality of Female Nazi Concentration Camp Guards".Time. Retrieved2024-09-21.
  2. ^Bartrop, Paul R. (2019).Perpetrating the Holocaust : leaders, enablers, and collaborators. Eve E. Grimm. Santa Barbara, California. pp. 299–300.ISBN 978-1-4408-5897-0.OCLC 1048015323.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^abKnoch, Habbo, ed. (2010).Bergen-Belsen: Wehrmacht POW Camp 1940–1945, Concentration Camp 1943–1945, Displaced Persons Camp 1945–1950. Catalogue of the permanent exhibition. Göttingen: Wallstein. p. 218.ISBN 978-3-8353-0794-0.
  4. ^"1st Belsen Trial".www.bergenbelsen.co.uk. Retrieved2020-07-11.
  5. ^Marcuse, Harold (2001-03-22).Legacies of Dachau: The Uses and Abuses of a Concentration Camp, 1933-2001. Cambridge University Press. pp. 99–100.ISBN 978-0-521-55204-2.
  6. ^Ramsey, Winston (2022-09-21).The Nazi Death Camps: Then And Now. After the Battle. p. 438.ISBN 978-1-3990-7671-5 – via Google Books.
  7. ^"Death Warrant - Elizabeth Volkenrath".www.bergenbelsen.co.uk.
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