Elfriede Hildegard Mohneke (born 2 March 1922, Dorschen, East Prussia, Germany (present-day Dorsze, Ełk, Poland) – died 11 December 1994, Berlin, Germany) was a guard at two Nazi concentration camps in World War II.[1]

Elfriede Mohneke
Born(1922-03-02)March 2, 1922
DiedDecember 11, 1994(1994-12-11) (aged 72)
Criminal statusDeceased
Conviction(s)War crimes
TrialHamburg Ravensbrück trials
Criminal penalty10 years imprisonment

On 12 October 1944, Mohneke arrived at Ravensbrück concentration camp to begin overseer training under Dorothea Binz. In November 1944, the SS sent her as an Aufseherin to the Uckermark camp down the road from Ravensbrück. Mohneke served in the camp until the Allied liberation in April 1945. [citation needed]

At the third Ravensbrück Trial, the former SS woman was sentenced to ten years in prison for the maltreatment of concentration camp prisoners.[1] In her appeal against the sentence, she claimed she was sent to Ravensbrück against her will by a mandatory call for duty from the labour office. She was released on 14 June 1952 for good conduct after serving only four years of her sentence.[citation needed] On 31 May 1968 she was questioned by Berlin police about another perpetrator that they were trying to trace.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Western Europe Soon to Hand U.S Must Arms List". Los Angeles Times. 2 May 1948. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  2. ^ Ingmann, Lorenz (2024-06-24). FEMALE CAMP GUARDS: In the Sights of the Investigators in »East and West Germany«. BoD – Books on Demand. ISBN 978-3-7347-2077-2.