Elisabeth Volkenrath

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Elisabeth Volkenrath
Belsen trial
Criminal penaltyDeath
Military career
Allegiance
SS-Gefolge
RankOberaufseherin
SS-Helferin
Unit

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. In October 1941 she began working at

Auschwitz Birkenau where she worked in the same function as at Ravensbrück.[1] At Auschwitz, she met SS-Rottenführer Heinz Volkenrath, who had worked there since 1941 as SS-Blockführer. The couple married in 1943. Elisabeth Volkenrath participated in the selection of prisoners for the gas chambers and, in November 1944, was promoted to Oberaufseherin for all camp sections for female prisoners at Auschwitz.[2]

Elisabeth Volkenrath was transferred to Bergen-Belsen when Auschwitz was closed. From February 1945, she was Oberaufseherin (supervising wardress) at Bergen-Belsen.[2]

Belsen trial

In April 1945, Volkenrath was arrested by the

Sentenced to death, she was executed by hanging at Hamelin Prison by Albert Pierrepoint on 13 December 1945.[2]

References

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  3. ^ "1st Belsen Trial". www.bergenbelsen.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-07-11.