SS_women_camp_guards_Bergen-Belsen_April_19_1945.jpg


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English: SS women camp guards are paraded for work in clearing the dead. The women include Hildegard Kanbach (first from left), Irene Haschke (centre, third from right), the Head Wardress, Elisabeth Volkenrath (second from right, partially hidden) and Herta Bothe (first from right). Herta Bothe accompanied a death march of women from central Poland to Bergen-Belsen. She was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment and released early from prison on December 22, 1951. Elisabeth Volkenrath was head wardress of the camp and sentenced to death. She was hanged on December 13 1945. Irene Haschke was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.
Deutsch: Hildegard Kanbach (1. von links), Irene Haschke (Zentrum, 3. von rechts), Elisabeth Volkenrath (2. von rechts teilweise verdeckt), Hertha Bothe (1. von rechts) am 19. april 1945 auf dem Weg zur Bestattung der Opfer
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This photograph BU 4065 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums .
Author Oakes, H (Sgt) No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit
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19 April 1945

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