Summary
Ewa Paradies (17 December 1920 – 4 July 1946) was a Nazi concentration camp overseer.
Ewa Paradies | |
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 Ewa Paradies after her execution | |
| Born | 17 December 1920 |
| Died | 4 July 1946 (aged 25) |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Occupation | Guards of the Stutthof concentration camp |
| Political party | Nazi Party |
| Motive | Nazism |
| Conviction(s) | Crimes against humanity |
| Trial | Stutthof trials |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
In August 1944, Paradies arrived at the Stutthof SK-III camp for training as an Aufseherin, or overseer. She soon finished training and became a wardress. In October 1944, she was reassigned to Stutthof's Bromberg-Ost subcamp, and in January 1945, back to the main Stutthof camp. [citation needed] In April 1945, Paradies accompanied one of the last transports of women prisoners to the Lauenburg subcamp and fled. After she was captured, she was a defendant in the Stutthof trial. One witness testified:
She ordered a group of female prisoners to undress in the freezing cold of winter, and then doused them with ice cold water. When the women moved, Paradies beat them.[1]
Execution edit
For this and other brutalities, including causing the deaths of some prisoners,[citation needed] Paradies was sentenced to death. She was publicly executed by short-drop hanging on Biskupia Górka Hill near Gdańsk on 4 July 1946 with 10 other Stutthof guards and kapos (five women and six men in all); Paradies was the last of the women to hang.[2]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Hillenbrand, Klaus (26 September 2021). "Prozess zum Konzentrationslager Stutthof: Die Schuld der Sekretärin". Die Tageszeitung: taz (in German). ISSN 0931-9085. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos". Archived from the original on 25 January 2008.
Sources edit
- Daniel Patrick Brown. The Female Auxiliaries Who Assisted the SS in Running the Nazi Concentration Camp System. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2002. p. 288; ISBN 0-7643-1444-0
- Jack G. Morrison: Ravensbrück: Everyday Life in a Women's Concentration Camp 1939–45. Markus Wiener Publishers, 2000. p. 380; ISBN 1-55876-218-3
- Rochelle G. Saidel: The Jewish Women of Ravensbrück Concentration Camp. University of Wisconsin Press, 2004. p. 336; ISBN 0-299-19860-X
External links edit
- ExecutedToday.com 1946: Eleven from the Stutthof concentration camp
- Death on the gallows (many photos)