First Belsen Trial Oberaufseherin Elizabeth Volkenrath/Mühlan

Date Of Birth : 05/09/1919
Place Of Birth : Schönau, Silesia
Died : 13/12/1945
Comments :
Trial : First Belsen Trial
Trial Location : 30 Lindenstraße, Lüneburg 17 September - 17 November 1945
Trial Defendent Number : 7
   
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Brief History

Employed as a Hairdresser

1939 sent to work in a munitions factory

Volunteered for KZ service and trained at Ravensbrück in October 1941.

March 1942 transferred to Auschwitz

December 1942 moved to Auschwitz Birkenau

Married SS Rottenführer Heinz Volkenrath in 1943.

30 September 1944, effective 01 October 1944 promoted to Oberaufseherin.

18 January 1945 evacuated from Auschwitz

5 February 1945 arrived Bergen-Belsen

17 September 1945. Stands trial at the 'Trial of Josef Kramer and Forty Four others' at 30 Lindenstraße, Lüneburg. Charged with Count 1 and Count 2

17 November 1945. Sentenced to death by hanging.

13 December 1945. Death sentence carried out at Hameln prison.

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