{"id":855,"date":"2021-04-17T13:50:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-17T11:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siemens.ns-zwangsarbeit.de\/?page_id=855"},"modified":"2023-01-19T16:24:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T15:24:40","slug":"hertha-ehlert-die-kz-aufseherin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/siemens.ns-zwangsarbeit.de\/en\/hertha-ehlert-die-kz-aufseherin\/","title":{"rendered":"Hertha Ehlert"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">The Concentration Camp Guard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hertha Ehlert (1905\u20131997) arbeitet als Verk\u00e4uferin in einer B\u00e4ckerei in <span class='hurraki_tooltip' data-title='Berlin' style='border-bottom:2px dotted #888;'>Berlin<\/span>, als ihr das Arbeitsamt eine Stelle in einem <span class='hurraki_tooltip' data-title='Konzentrationslager' style='border-bottom:2px dotted #888;'>Konzentrationslager<\/span> anbietet. Am 15. November 1939 beginnt sie im <a href=\"https:\/\/siemens.ns-zwangsarbeit.de\/en\/frauenkonzentrationslager-ravensbrueck\/\"><u>Ravensbr\u00fcck concentration camp<\/u><\/a> and by early 1942 was <a href=\"https:\/\/siemens.ns-zwangsarbeit.de\/en\/kz-aufseherinnen\/\">supervising<\/a> the forced labourers in the Siemens camp. According to some accounts, she was dismissed from her post in Ravensbr\u00fcck for being too lenient with the inmates. In October 1942, she was deployed to the Majdanek camp near Lublin. In mid-1944, she was assigned to the Plaszow concentration camp near Cracow (Krak\u00f3w). Halina Nelken, a survivor of the camp, described Ehlert with these words:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cExtrem beleibt, durchtrieben, b\u00f6sartig im Charakter und eine absolute Meisterin im Umgang mit der Peitsche. [&#8230;] Einmal befahl Ehlert sogar den arbeitenden Frauen, sich zu entkleiden [&#8230;] und suchte, ohne Zweifel, nach Ringen, <span class='hurraki_tooltip' data-title='Geld' style='border-bottom:2px dotted #888;'>Geld<\/span>, Armbanduhren und anderen Wertgegenst\u00e4nden.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sp\u00e4ter kommt Ehlert als Aufseherin in das Konzentrationslager <span class='hurraki_tooltip' data-title='Auschwitz' style='border-bottom:2px dotted #888;'>Auschwitz<\/span>, wo sie Zwangsarbeiterinnen beaufsichtigt. Kurz vor Kriegsende arbeitet sie im KZ Bergen-Belsen. Ehlert wird verhaftet und im Belsen-Prozess angeklagt. Sie wird f\u00fcr schuldig befunden und zu 15 Jahren <span class='hurraki_tooltip' data-title='Gef\u00e4ngnis' style='border-bottom:2px dotted #888;'>Gef\u00e4ngnis<\/span> verurteilt, kommt aber am 7. Mai 1953 vorzeitig frei.&nbsp;Nach dem <span class='hurraki_tooltip' data-title='Krieg' style='border-bottom:2px dotted #888;'>Krieg<\/span> lebt sie unter dem Decknamen Hertha Naumann.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"mgl-root\" data-gallery-options=\"{&quot;image_ids&quot;:[&quot;857&quot;,&quot;856&quot;],&quot;id&quot;:&quot;6a9d53005511a&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;large&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:false,&quot;custom_class&quot;:null,&quot;link&quot;:&quot;media&quot;,&quot;is_preview&quot;:false,&quot;updir&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/siemens.ns-zwangsarbeit.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/&quot;,&quot;captions&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:false,&quot;layout&quot;:&quot;tiles&quot;,&quot;justified_row_height&quot;:200,&quot;justified_gutter&quot;:5,&quot;masonry_gutter&quot;:5,&quot;masonry_columns&quot;:3,&quot;square_gutter&quot;:5,&quot;square_columns&quot;:5,&quot;cascade_gutter&quot;:5,&quot;class_id&quot;:&quot;mgl-gallery-6a9d53005511a&quot;,&quot;layouts&quot;:[],&quot;tiles_gutter&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;tiles_gutter_tablet&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;tiles_gutter_mobile&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;tiles_density&quot;:&quot;high&quot;,&quot;tiles_density_tablet&quot;:&quot;medium&quot;,&quot;tiles_density_mobile&quot;:&quot;low&quot;,&quot;horizontal_gutter&quot;:5,&quot;horizontal_image_height&quot;:500,&quot;horizontal_hide_scrollbar&quot;:false,&quot;carousel_gutter&quot;:5,&quot;carousel_arrow_nav_enabled&quot;:true,&quot;carousel_dot_nav_enabled&quot;:true,&quot;carousel_image_height&quot;:500,&quot;carousel_keep_aspect_ratio&quot;:false,&quot;map_gutter&quot;:10,&quot;map_height&quot;:400}\" data-gallery-images=\"[{&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Hertha Ehlert wartet auf ihren Prozess, August 1945 \\u00a9 Wikimedia&quot;,&quot;meta&quot;:{&quot;width&quot;:300,&quot;height&quot;:303,&quot;file&quot;:&quot;2021\\\/04\\\/Portra\\u0308t.jpeg&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;medium&quot;:{&quot;file&quot;:&quot;Portra\\u0308t-297x300.jpeg&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:297,&quot;height&quot;:300,&quot;mime-type&quot;:&quot;image\\\/jpeg&quot;},&quot;thumbnail&quot;:{&quot;file&quot;:&quot;Portra\\u0308t-150x150.jpeg&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:150,&quot;height&quot;:150,&quot;mime-type&quot;:&quot;image\\\/jpeg&quot;},&quot;trp-custom-language-flag&quot;:{&quot;file&quot;:&quot;Portra\\u0308t-12x12.jpeg&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:12,&quot;height&quot;:12,&quot;mime-type&quot;:&quot;image\\\/jpeg&quot;}},&quot;image_meta&quot;:{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;keywords&quot;:[]}},&quot;id&quot;:&quot;857&quot;,&quot;img_html&quot;:&quot;&lt;img width=\\&quot;300\\&quot; height=\\&quot;303\\&quot; src=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/siemens.ns-zwangsarbeit.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/Portra\\u0308t.jpeg\\&quot; class=\\&quot;wp-image-857\\&quot; alt=\\&quot;Hertha Ehlert wartet auf ihren Prozess, August 1945 \\u00a9 Wikimedia\\&quot; draggable=\\&quot;\\&quot; srcset=\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/siemens.ns-zwangsarbeit.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/Portra\\u0308t.jpeg 300w, https:\\\/\\\/siemens.ns-zwangsarbeit.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/Portra\\u0308t-297x300.jpeg 297w, https:\\\/\\\/siemens.ns-zwangsarbeit.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/Portra\\u0308t-12x12.jpeg 12w\\&quot; sizes=\\&quot;50vw\\&quot; \\\/&gt;&quot;,&quot;link_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/siemens.ns-zwangsarbeit.de\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/04\\\/Portra\\u0308t.jpeg&quot;,&quot;link_target&quot;:&quot;_self&quot;,&quot;link_rel&quot;:null,&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;data-mgl-id&quot;:&quot;857&quot;,&quot;data-mgl-width&quot;:&quot;300&quot;,&quot;data-mgl-height&quot;:&quot;303&quot;},&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;i&quot;},{&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Hertha Ehlert (Nr. 8) und weitere Angeklagte am ersten Tag des Prozesses, 17. 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September 1945 \u00a9 Mirrorpix\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/siemens.ns-zwangsarbeit.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/h_00205788.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-856\" alt=\"Hertha Ehlert (Nr. 8) und weitere Angeklagte am ersten Tag des Prozesses, 17. September 1945 \u00a9 Mirrorpix\" draggable=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/siemens.ns-zwangsarbeit.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/h_00205788.jpg 600w, https:\/\/siemens.ns-zwangsarbeit.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/h_00205788-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/siemens.ns-zwangsarbeit.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/h_00205788-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"auto, 50vw\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><a role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/siemens.ns-zwangsarbeit.de\/en\/elisa-gerard-die-nachtigall-aus-dem-elsass\/\"><br>Previous biography<br><\/a><br><a role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/siemens.ns-zwangsarbeit.de\/en\/waltraud-ebbinghaus-verh-blass-2\/\"><br>Next biography<br><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Die KZ-Aufseherin Hertha Ehlert (1905\u20131997) arbeitet als Verk\u00e4uferin in einer B\u00e4ckerei in Berlin, als ihr das Arbeitsamt eine Stelle in einem Konzentrationslager anbietet. Am 15. November 1939 beginnt sie im KZ Ravensbr\u00fcck zu arbeiten. Anfang 1942 wird sie Aufseherin \u00fcber die Frauen, die dort f\u00fcr Siemens Zwangsarbeit leisten m\u00fcssen. Im Oktober 1942 wird sie in [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-855","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/siemens.ns-zwangsarbeit.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/siemens.ns-zwangsarbeit.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/siemens.ns-zwangsarbeit.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siemens.ns-zwangsarbeit.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siemens.ns-zwangsarbeit.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=855"}],"version-history":[{"count":45,"href":"https:\/\/siemens.ns-zwangsarbeit.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1554,"href":"https:\/\/siemens.ns-zwangsarbeit.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/855\/revisions\/1554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/siemens.ns-zwangsarbeit.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}