Luise Brunner (25 August 1908 – 8 December 1977) was a German concentration camp guard in Auschwitz II[1] (1942 – late 1944) and the chief oberaufseherin (chief guard) of Ravensbrück concentration camp from December 1944 to April 1945.
Luise Brunner | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 25, 1908 Aidhausen, Germany |
| Died | December 8, 1977 Roth |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Concentration camp guard |
| Known for | Chief oberaufseherin of Ravensbrück concentration camp |
Brunner was born in Aidhausen in 1908. She trained at the Ravensbruck concentration camp during June 1942, and in October of that year she was assigned to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where she rose through the ranks to become a Kommandoführerin.[2] At Birkenau, Brunner was feared for her brutality: "A female German teacher – Drechsler – was the Lagerführerin [Stellvertretende Lagerführerin], a German woman named Brunner was the Oberapportführerin and another one called Grese was the Rapportführerin. If they noticed a shawl, a pullover, or stocking they would beat you half-dead."[3]
During the Seventh Ravensbrück Trial (2 July 1948 – 21 July 1948),[4] Brunner was tried on charges of mistreatment of inmates of Allied nationality and participation in the selection of inmates for the gas chamber.[5] She was sentenced to 3 years imprisonment.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ Der Ort des Terrors: Geschichte der nationalsozialistischen ..., Volume 4 edited by Wolfgang Benz, Barbara Distel, Angelika Königseder, p. 497
- ^ Yenne, Bill (2010-10-14). Hitler's Master of the Dark Arts: Himmler's Black Knights and the Occult Origins of the SS. Quarto Publishing Group USA. p. 231. ISBN 978-1-61060-073-6.
- ^ "Degob.hu".
- ^ Mears, Charlotte. (2020). A social history of the Aufseherinnen of Auschwitz Doctoral dissertation, Kingston University. p. 153.
- ^ Kompisch, Kathrin (2008). Täterinnen: Frauen im Nationalsozialismus. Böhlau Verlag. p. 161. ISBN 9783412201883.
- ^ Bazyler, Michael J.; Tuerkheimer, Frank M. (2015). Forgotten Trials of the Holocaust. NYU Press. pp. 149–151. ISBN 978-1-4798-9924-1.
- ^ The National Archives (TNA), London, UK. Ravensbrück Case no 6, Subseries within WO 235/528- 529B & WO 235/777, The National Archives (TNA), London UK, Case no. 139, UNWCC, Wiener Library, London.
Further reading
edit- Ebbinghaus, A.: Opfer und Täterinnen. Frauenbiographien des Nationalsozialismus. Nördlingen 1987. Reprinted 1996; ISBN 3-596-13094-8 (in German)
- Schäfer, S.: Zum Selbstverständnis von Frauen im Konzentrationslager: das Lager Ravensbrück. PhD thesis 2002, TU Berlin. (PDF, 741 kB; in German).
- Taake, C.: Angeklagt: SS-Frauen vor Gericht; Bibliotheks- und Informationssystem der Univ. Oldenburg, 1998 (in German)
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