Forgotten Figures: 7 Infamous Women in Nazi History

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Wanda Klaff

Even though Wanda Klaff didn’t join the Aufseherinnen until 1944, her commitment to her work didn’t change. Klaff had worked in a jam factory before being transported to Stutthoff Concentration Camp, where she supervised the work groups of women.

Compared to Herta, Klaff was straight-up evil in her testimony, saying aloud with a smile, “I am very intelligent and very devoted to my work in the camps. I strike at least two prisoners every day.”

Five more female guards attended the trial, hoping to receive a lighter penalty due to their gender. But luck wasn’t on their side because, in 1946, Wanda Klaff and the other female guards were executed by hanging.

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