Ewa Paradies
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Ewa Paradies | |
|---|---|
 Ewa Paradies hanged | |
| Born | 17 December 1920 |
| Died | 4 July 1946 (aged 25) Biskupia Górka, Gdańsk, Poland |
| Cause of death | Execution by Hanging |
| Occupation | Guards of the Stutthof concentration camp |
| Organization | Nazi |
| Criminal status | Dead |
| Criminal charge | Sadistic abuse of prisoners. |
| Penalty | Sentenced to death |
Ewa Paradies (17 December 1920 – 4 July 1946) was a Nazi concentration camp overseer.
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In August 1944 she went to Stutthof SK-III camp for training as an Aufseherin. She soon finished training and became a wardress. In October 1944 she was reassigned to the Bromberg-Ost subcamp of Stutthof, and in January 1945, back to Stutthof main camp. [citation needed]
In April 1945 she 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.[citation needed]
Execution
For this and other brutalities, including causing the deaths of some prisoners, she was sentenced to death. She was publicly executed by short-drop hanging on 4 July 1946 with 10 other Stutthof guards and kapos (five women and six men total); she was the last of the women to hang.[citation needed]
See also
Sources
- 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
- ExecutedToday.com 1946: Eleven from the Stutthof concentration camp
- Death on the gallows (many photos)
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