[Faline]

Post War Hanging Of Female SS Guards At Stutthof

[NEVERBACKZ]

*slips out under the cover of darkness, removes skirt and tights*

[Oswald2001]

Having a hard time working up any sympathy for them.

Wait...uh....umm...

Nope. Nuthin'.

[gatagato]

Thanks, kel
Here's some infos and some more pics:
Death on the gallows 4th July1946 Biskupia Gorka ( Stolzenberg )
near Gdansk (Danzig) - Poland

Between 25th April and 31th May before the Special Law Court at Danzig a trial was held against guards of the Stutthof Concentration Camp

Accused and sentences:

1. Camp’s Commandant Johann Pauls – death by hanging
2. SS-Aufseherin Jenny Wanda Barkmann – death by hanging
3. SS-Aufseherin Elisabeth Becker – death by hanging
4. SS-Aufseherin Wanda Klaff – death by hanging
5. SS-Aufseherin Ewa Paradies – death by hanging
6. SS-Aufseherin Gerda Steinhoff – death by hanging
7. SS-Aufseherin a Beilhardt - 5 years in prison
8. Kapo Joseph Reiter – death by hanging
9. Kapo Waclaw Kozlowski – death by hanging
10. Kapo Franciszek Szopiñski – death by hanging
11. Kapo Jan Brajt – death by hanging
12. Sztubowy Tadeusz Kopczyñski – death by hanging 13. Kapo Kazimierz Kowalski – 3 years in prison
14. Kapo Aleksy Duzdal – not guilty
15. Kapo Jan Preiss – not guilty
16. Kapo Marian Zielkowski – died of a heart attack 25th August 1945 in prison

The bench of the accused
First row from left to right : Elisabeth Becker, Gerda Steinhoff, Wanda Klaff
Second row : Erna Beilhardt , Jenny Wanda Barkmann
At the trial the SS-women behaved insolently.
During the interruptions they giggled and joked.
Jenny Barkmann changed her hair-do every day and flirted with the guards.
When public prosecutor asked for capital punishment Klaff, Steinhoff, Becker and Paradies cried and pleaded for her life
Only Jenny Barkmann remained calm .



The accused with Polish guards at the location of the KZ Stutthof first row from left to right : Ewa Paradies, Elisabeth Becker, Wanda Klaff second row : Gerda Steinhoff, Jenny Barkmann



The gallows are waiting for the 6 men and 5 women sentenced to hang



SS-Guard Jenny Barkmann und her executioner ( in striped KZ uniform)


From right to left : SS-Guard Elisabeth Becker (sitting) , then Wanda Klaff (standing ) , Gerda Steinhoff (not visible) and 6 men (Kommandant Johann Pauls and 5 Kapos)



The priest speaks to Ewa Paradies,
at the left (sitting) : Elisabeth Becker



The hands of the prisoners were tied behind their back and the feet were tied together
Right : Elisabeth Becker ( the executioner just passed the noose around her neck ), left (standing) : Wanda Klaff
The SS-women sat on chairs and had their hands tied in the back . For the execution they were lifted up on the chairs , this was very difficult as they had their legs already tied at the ankles


A few moments before the execution :
from right to left : Ewa Paradies, Elisabeth Becker , Wanda Klaff, Gerda Steinhoff


The disposition of the gallows


The execution started at 5.00 pm
The prisoners were noosed and then pushed from the ramp of the trucks
Jenny Barkmann has just been hanged and struggles at the end of the rope
while Ewa Paradies is being noosed by her executioner.
In the background (white dress): Wanda Klaff .
Already hanging with the back to the camera ( dark blouse , white skirt) :
Gerda Steinhoff



From left to right : Jenny Barkmann , Ewa Paradies, Elisabeth Becker , Wanda Klaff , Gerda Steinhoff


Left : Gerda Steinhoff


There had been erected one triple gallows and 4 double gallows
for the execution of the 6 men and 5 women
A huge crowd attended the executions
The prisoners were simply pushed off the platforms of the trucks.
As they dropped only a short distance , this was a socalled "slow hanging" where the condemned died of strangulation .
They probably remained conscious for many long minutes and they finally died after 15 minutes while their bodies struggled and quivered at the end of the rope .



Jenny Berkmann at the enquiry shortly after her arrest in May 1945 at the railway station Wrzeszcz near Danzig



Jenny Berkmann

[kellyhound]

fuck those ss guards although many were prolly forced to do so.

[sepsis_rotten_out]

uh well.

[wolfie]

Nice

[Jere]

[corpsehands]

PINATAS!

[Pelle]

Fuck off nazitwat!

Glad you died, whore