11 Facts About Herta Ehlert

Herta Ehlert was a female guard at many Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust.

Herta Ehlert maintained that she was a conscript when she began working as a "novice" at Ravensbruck concentration camp.

Herta Ehlert claimed she was moved as a punishment for being too nice to the prisoners, by not giving them harsh enough punishments and helping to feed them.

Herta Ehlert was later moved to the Auschwitz concentration camp as an Aufseherin, where she oversaw women commanding Kommandos.

Herta Ehlert later served as a guard at the Auschwitz subcamp in Rajsko, Poland, before she was transferred to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where she became deputy wardress under Oberaufseherinnen Elisabeth Volkenrath and Irma Grese.

Herta Ehlert was the overseer in charge of the kitchen.

Once, Herta Ehlert even ordered the women who were at work to undress completely.

Herta Ehlert remained at her job until the final liquidation of the Plaszow camp.

Herta Ehlert was remanded along with all 45 defendants, and pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Herta Ehlert was found guilty at Belsen and innocent at Oswiecim.

Herta Ehlert's sentence was reduced 12 years, and Ehlert was released early on 7 May 1953.