The Brutal Execution Of The Perverse Female Guard Of Ravensbruck Concentration Camp
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Nazi Ravensbrгјck Camp How Ordinary Women Became Ss Torturers Throughout the second world war, there were a number of women who became guards inside of the concentration camps. ravensbruck was the all female concentrati. This portrait was taken in august 1945 in celle. herta ehlert (1914 1997) was a german ss guard and supervisor at several nazi concentration camps during world war ii, including ravensbrück and auschwitz birkenau. she was known for her brutality and involvement in the selection and execution of prisoners.
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Nazi Ravensbrгјck Camp How Ordinary Women Became Ss Torturers The 36 year old was hanged in 1948 after a krakow court sentenced her to death as a war criminal. her career of cruelty is part of the new exhibition about female concentration camp guards at the. At least 30,000 women died here. some were gassed or hanged, others starved, died of disease or were worked to death. they were treated brutally by many of the female guards beaten, tortured or. Some 3,500 women worked as nazi concentration camp guards, and all of them started out at ravensbrück. many later worked in death camps such as auschwitz birkenau or bergen belsen. image source. Of the 37,000 ss guards who actively participated in the daily suffering, torture and death of the internees, approximately 10 per cent were female overseers. some of these overseers, including irma grese, were sentenced to death along with their male colleagues for ‘murder’ and ‘crimes and atrocities against the laws of humanity’.
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