Hamelin Prison
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Hamelin Prison, also known as the Stockhof, was a prison and penitentiary in Hamelin, Germany. The penal institution, which had a predecessor since 1698, existed from 1827 to 1980. It was located betw
View of the prison complex on the Weser from Klüt hill around 1900
Plaque in front of the prison
Buildings of the prison today
Elisabeth Volkenrath
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Elisabeth Volkenrath was a German supervisor at several Nazi concentration camps during World War II.
Hamelin Prison
…British executioner Albert Pierrepoint executed 156 Nazi war criminals during this period. Among them were the concentration camp guards Irma Grese, Elisabeth Volkenrath and Johanna Bormann, who were convicted in the Belsen trial, the camp commander Josef Kramer, and the concentration camp doctor Fritz Klein. Other…
Volkenrath in 1945
Among SS women camp guards at Bergen-Belsen, including Herta Bothe and Irene Haschke