Jenny-Wanda Barkmann
Jenny-Wanda Barkmann (30 May 1922 – 4 July 1946) was a German overseer in Nazi concentration camps during World War II. She was tried and executed for crimes against humanity after the war.
Jenny-Wanda Barkmann | |
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 Barkmann at the Stutthof trials in 1946 | |
| Born | 30 May 1922 |
| Died | 4 July 1946 (aged 24) |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Other names | "Beautiful Spectre" |
| Occupation | Guard of the Stutthof concentration camp |
| Organization | Nazi Party |
| Conviction(s) | Crime against humanity |
| Trial | Stutthof trials |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
Biography
Barkmann is believed to have spent her childhood in Hamburg.
In 1944, she became an Aufseherin, or overseer, in the Stutthof SK-III women's subcamp, where she brutalized prisoners, some to death. She also selected women and children for the gas chambers.[1] She was so merciless that the women prisoners nicknamed her the "Beautiful Spectre".[1]
Barkmann fled Stutthof and hid out in Gdańsk, where she was arrested in May 1945 for her criminal wartime acts. In 1946, she became a defendant in the first Stutthof Trial, where she and other defendants were convicted for their crimes at the camp.[1]
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Barkmann was publicly executed by short-drop hanging along with 10 other defendants from the trial on Biskupia Górka Hill near Gdańsk on 4 July 1946. Former Stutthof prisoners volunteered to conduct the executions. She was 24 years old.[2]
References
- "Jenny-Wanda Barkmann Biography". Liberation Route Europe. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- "1946: Eleven from the Stutthof concentration camp". Executed today. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
