Margarete Gallinat
Margarete Gallinat | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1894 East Prussian Puntigam |
| Died | Unknown |
| Occupation | Chief supervisor at Kamp Vught |
| Known for | Supervisor at Ravensbrück concentration camp |
Oberaufseherin Margarete Gallinat (born 1894, date of death unknown) was the chief supervisor at Kamp Vught, Netherlands. She later became a supervisor at Ravensbrück concentration camp.[1][2]
Life
Gallinat was born in 1894 in East Prussian Puntigam.[3]
Work as Oberaufseherin
In April 1940, Gallinat read a newspaper ad for Aufseherin and decided to apply.[3] Two months later she started in Ravensbrück,[4][5] where she worked until the summer of 1943, eventually becoming deputy Oberaufseherin. Survivor testimony stated that she led test victims away to be executed, beat them with her whip and threw stones at them.[6]
References
- ^ Daniel Patrick Brown (2002). The Camp Women: The Female Auxiliaries who Assisted the SS in Running the Nazi Concentration Camp System. Schiffer Pub. ISBN 978-0-7643-1444-5.
- ^ Karolin Steinke; Nationale Mahn- und Gedenkstätte Ravensbrück (2009). Züge nach Ravensbrück: Transporte mit der Reichsbahn 1939-1945 : Begleitband zur Ausstellung in der Mahn- und Gedenkstätte Ravensbrück. Metropol. ISBN 978-3-940938-27-5.
- ^ a b Fraulenger, Het. "Mensen, macht en mentaliteiten achter prikkeldraad: een historisch- sociologische studie van concentratiekamp Vught (1943-1944)". UvA-DARE (Digital Academic Repository). University of Amsterdam. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ Bernhard Strebel (2003). Das KZ Ravensbrück: Geschichte eines Lagerkomplexes. Ferdinand Schöningh. ISBN 978-3-506-70123-7.
- ^ Nanda Herbermann (1 September 2000). The Blessed Abyss: Inmate #6582 in Ravensbrück Concentration Camp for Women. Wayne State University Press. pp. 272–. ISBN 978-0-8143-3768-4.
- ^ Schubert-Lehnhardt, Viola (2005). Frauen als Täterinnen im Nationalsozialismus: Protokollband der Fachtagung am 17. und 18. September 2004 in Bernburg (in German). Mansfeld-Druck. p. 79. ISBN 978-3-00-017407-0.