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Ravensbruck Aufseherin

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Post by Researcher » 10 Jan 2012, 19:28

Can anyone help with the correct names and any bio data of these women who were on trial during 1948.

Anna Kopla or Kopka
Hilde Lübes or Lüpes
Andr. Ries

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Post by john h » 11 Jan 2012, 00:18

Researcher i have looked through all my trial transcripts and all Nazi women put on trial i can find nothing on the names you have given any other clues like where they served the reason i ask this is because some camp personal including female guards were simply executed by the soviets see Wikipedia Female guards in Nazi concentration camps sorry i could nt help you


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Re: Ravensbruck Aufseherin

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Post by siwiec » 11 Jan 2012, 13:19

Researcher wrote:Can anyone help with the correct names and any bio data of these women who were on trial during 1948.

Anna Kopla or Kopka
Hilde Lübes or Lüpes
Andr. Ries

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Kopp Anna/"Kopka" [* 24.05.1904] /KL Stutthof/

http://ss-aufseherin.blog.pl/

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Re: Ravensbruck Aufseherin

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Post by stevewebster » 11 Jan 2012, 19:38

Anna Kopka. Born 1916 in Thuringia. Conscripted in 1943. Initially she was a guard at Ravensbruck overseeing outside work detail and later worked in the "dressing room". Fled the camp in 1945 to her mothers house in Rostok. Arrested a few months later and stood trial in 1948 and sentenced to life imprisonment by a Soviet military court. Released in 1956 she returned to Rostock but shortly afterwards moved to the West. No further details available.

Source: B.Z (Belin tabloid newspaper) 1/8/2004

Hope this was of help.

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Post by Researcher » 11 Jan 2012, 21:44

Thanks for the input guys,

I don't know the dates of birth but the names I gave are one or the other for sure ie Kopla or Kopka
I was tempted to follow up on Anna Kopp "Kopka" [* 24.05.1904] /KL Stutthof/ but am sure "stevewebster" has the correct info as it ties in with the 1948 Berlin trial I have been researching.
The other 2 women were in the same trial, Ries receiving a Life sentence and Lübes or Lüpes 25 years imprisonment.

The excellent website http://ss-aufseherin.blog.pl/ which has hundreds of names, does not have so many of those sentenced in post war Soviet or DDR trials.

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Post by Egor » 03 May 2012, 19:01

Researcher,
there is some info concerning the women zou are interested in,

Riis, Andrea 01.12.1904 Hamburg
Kopka, Anna 22.08.1916 (Anna Kopp who served in Stutthof is another person)
Lübs Hilda, 04.10.1924

I can send zou some other info later. All materials of the trial are in Russian, so need some time to translate...

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Post by Researcher » 08 May 2012, 10:39

Thanks Igor, very helpful

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Post by Researcher » 29 Jul 2014, 18:38

Need help with some conflicting dates.

The SMAD trial in Berlin of Aufsehrerinnen ended 21.06.1948 or 15.07.1948 ??
Erna Kube was sentenced to Life or 20 yrs imprisonment at this trial.

Luise BUCH (Warsaw Trial 3.10.1947) was executed 03.07.1948 or 03.07.1949

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Re: Ravensbruck Aufseherin

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Post by Researcher » 03 Aug 2014, 21:33

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Anna Kopka
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Source : Ravensbruck memorial

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Re: Ravensbruck Aufseherin

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Post by Egor » 23 Aug 2014, 18:31

Hi, Researcher!
The trial ended 21.06.1948.
Erna Kube was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment.

Concerning Buch was sentenced to death on 03.10.1947. Are you sure she was hanged?

Concenring the SMAD trial could you tell me why you are interested in this trial in particular?

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Re: Ravensbruck Aufseherin

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Post by Researcher » 25 Aug 2014, 21:34

Hi Igor,

I was confused by a newspaper report of the trial by Soviet Garrison in Berlin (ending 21.06.1948) because I have a newspaper clipping from the TÄGLICHE RUNDSCHAU which is dated 15 Juli 1948.

My general interest is post war trials but I have visited Ravensbrück twice and was surprised at how little information is known/available of the fates of the women "guards". The trials by British and Polish authorities are well known but the only other 'meaningful' punishment of Aufseherinnen was by the Soviets in the above trial.

BTW Do you have the birth dates of Erna Kube, Maria Marwede and Ursula Peter?

Concerning Buch (sentenced to death on 03.10.1947) I am not 100% sure she was executed. The date information is taken from this forum as posted by ansata1976 and dylan

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Re: Ravensbruck Aufseherin

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Post by Egor » 27 Aug 2014, 23:10

Hi, Researcher!!!
Yes, I agree with you concerning the availibility of information concenring the female camps guards. That is the topic of my PhD thesis I am finishing right now. I have visited 18 archives looking for information.
Concerning you question:
Erna Kube was born on 18.03.1920 in Schmakendorf
Maria Marwede 16.03.1922
Peter, Ursula 24.04.1912

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Re: Ravensbruck Aufseherin

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Post by Researcher » 29 Aug 2014, 17:49

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This is a typical case of what happened at a Spruchkammer.
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Thanks Egor and good luck with the PhD thesis!

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