Stutthof trials

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The Stutthof trials were a series of war crime tribunals held in postwar Poland for the prosecution of Stutthof concentration camp staff and officials, responsible for the murder of up to 85,000 priso

Female guards of the Stutthof concentration camp at a trial in Gdańsk between 25 April and 31 May 1946, along with their commandant. First row (from left): Elisabeth Becker, Gerda Steinhoff, Wanda Klaff. Second row: Johann Pauls, Erna Beilhardt, Jenny-Wanda Barkmann First Stutthof trialStart date25 April 1946Case decided31 May 1946, Gdańsk Second Stutthof trialStart date8 October 1947Case decided31 October 1947, Gdańsk Third Stutthof trialStart date

The execution of guards of the Stutthof concentration camp on Biskupia Górka Hill near Gdańsk on 4 July 1946. In the foreground were the female guards sentenced to hang: Barkmann, Paradies, Becker, Klaff, Steinhoff (left to right)

The execution of Steinhoff, Pauls and three kapos 4 July 1946

At trial, 1947, Gdańsk. Left to right: Hans Rach, Fritz Peters, Albert Paulitz [de], Ewald Foth [de], and Theodor Traugott Meyer [de]

Wanda Klaff

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Wanda Klaff was a Nazi concentration camp overseer. Klaff was born in Danzig to German parents as Wanda Kalacinski. After the war, she was executed for crimes against humanity.

Stutthof trials

…Elisabeth Becker, SS Aufseherin: Death, executed 4 July 1946 Wanda Klaff, SS Aufseherin: Death, executed 4 July 1946 Ewa Paradies, SS Aufseherin Death, executed 4 July 1946…

Klaff at the Stutthof trial in 1946