Luise Brunner

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Luise Brunner was the chief oberaufseherin (chief guard) of Ravensbrück concentration camp from December 1944 to April 1945.

From July 2 to 21, 1948, in the Seventh Ravensbrück Trial, Brunner was tried on charges of mistreatment of inmates of Allied nationality and participation in the selection of inmates for the gas chamber. She was sentenced to 3 years imprisonment.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Kompisch, Kathrin (2008). Täterinnen: Frauen im Nationalsozialismus. Böhlau Verlag. p. 161. ISBN 9783412201883. 

Further reading

  • (Ebbinghaus 1987): Ebbinghaus, A.: Opfer und Täterinnen. Frauenbiographien des Nationalsozialismus. Nördlingen 1987. Reprinted 1996: ISBN 3--596–13094–8. In German. •Schäfer, S.: Zum Selbstverständnis von Frauen im Konzentrationslager: das Lager Ravensbrück. PhD thesis 2002, TU Berlin. (PDF, 741 kB). In German.
  • Taake, C.: Angeklagt: SS-Frauen vor Gericht; Bibliotheks- und Informationssystem der Univ. Oldenburg, 1998. In German.
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