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SS-Aufseherin Elisabeth Becker

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SS-Aufseherin Elisabeth Becker Veteran

Birth
Poland
Death
4 Jul 1946 (aged 22)
Poland
Burial
Wehlen, Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Add to Map
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Becker was born in Neuteich, Danzig (today Nowy Staw, Poland) to a German family. In 1936, aged 13, she joined the League of German Girls (The League was the female counterpart to the Hitler Youth. Meant to indoctrinate young women into Nazi ideals). In 1938, she became a tramway conductor in Danzig. In 1940, she began working for the Dokendorf firm in Neuteich, where she was employed until 1941, when she became an agriculture assistant in Danzig. In 1944, the SS needed more guards at the nearby Stutthof concentration camp, and Becker was called up for service. She arrived at Stutthof on 5 September 1944 to begin training as an SS-Aufseherin, or overseer. She later worked in the Stutthof SK-III women's camp, personally selecting women and children for the gas chamber.
After working in the camp for four months, Becker fled on 15 January 1945 and returned home to Neuteich. Three months later, on 13 April, Polish police arrested her and placed her in prison to await trial.

The first Stutthof Trial began in Danzig on 31 May 1946, with five former SS women and several kapos as defendants. Becker, along with ten other defendants, was found guilty and sentenced to death. She had confessed to selecting at least 30 female prisoners to be gassed, but later retracted her confession.

Becker sent several letters to Polish president Bolesław Bierut requesting that her sentence be commuted. The court had recommended that Becker's sentence be commuted to 15 years on the grounds that her actions had not been as severe as those of co-defendants Gerda Steinhoff or Jenny-Wanda Barkmann. Becker had been at the camp for the shortest amount of time. No pardon was issued, and she was publicly hanged on 4 July 1946 at Biskupia Górka along with the ten other condemned SS supervisors and kapos. (information credit: Wikipedia)

**note: This memorial is for informational purposes only. To show that some of the greatest evils ever committed in history has many faces**
Becker was born in Neuteich, Danzig (today Nowy Staw, Poland) to a German family. In 1936, aged 13, she joined the League of German Girls (The League was the female counterpart to the Hitler Youth. Meant to indoctrinate young women into Nazi ideals). In 1938, she became a tramway conductor in Danzig. In 1940, she began working for the Dokendorf firm in Neuteich, where she was employed until 1941, when she became an agriculture assistant in Danzig. In 1944, the SS needed more guards at the nearby Stutthof concentration camp, and Becker was called up for service. She arrived at Stutthof on 5 September 1944 to begin training as an SS-Aufseherin, or overseer. She later worked in the Stutthof SK-III women's camp, personally selecting women and children for the gas chamber.
After working in the camp for four months, Becker fled on 15 January 1945 and returned home to Neuteich. Three months later, on 13 April, Polish police arrested her and placed her in prison to await trial.

The first Stutthof Trial began in Danzig on 31 May 1946, with five former SS women and several kapos as defendants. Becker, along with ten other defendants, was found guilty and sentenced to death. She had confessed to selecting at least 30 female prisoners to be gassed, but later retracted her confession.

Becker sent several letters to Polish president Bolesław Bierut requesting that her sentence be commuted. The court had recommended that Becker's sentence be commuted to 15 years on the grounds that her actions had not been as severe as those of co-defendants Gerda Steinhoff or Jenny-Wanda Barkmann. Becker had been at the camp for the shortest amount of time. No pardon was issued, and she was publicly hanged on 4 July 1946 at Biskupia Górka along with the ten other condemned SS supervisors and kapos. (information credit: Wikipedia)

**note: This memorial is for informational purposes only. To show that some of the greatest evils ever committed in history has many faces**

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  • Created by: Michael Clark
  • Added: Jan 17, 2023
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/248630259/elisabeth-becker: accessed ), memorial page for SS-Aufseherin Elisabeth Becker (20 Jul 1923–4 Jul 1946), Find a Grave Memorial ID 248630259, citing Wehlen-Mosel Cemetery, Wehlen, Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; Maintained by Michael Clark (contributor 46589326).