Erna Beilhardt

Erna Beilhardt (7 February 1907 – 1946) was an SS-Aufseherin at several concentration camps and a member of the German Red Cross during the last year of World War II.^[1]

Born in Neuteich (Nowy Staw) near Danzig on 7 February 1907, Beilhardt came to the Stutthof concentration camp during the fall of 1944 where she was trained as an auxiliary guard (Hilfsaufseherin). Beilhardt remained at the central camp from 18 September 1944 until 11 October 1944 where she attended an overseer program for six weeks and was then moved to the satellite camp at Heiligenbeil. On 20 January 1945 Beilhardt accompanied the evacuation of prisoners to Königsberg where she performed nursing duties on injured German soldiers under the German Red Cross. Eventually, in 1945, she was again present at the main camp at Stutthof.

Captured by Soviet troops after the war, Beilhardt was accused during the first 'Stutthof Trial' (25 April 1946 – 31 May 1946) of maltreatment of concentration camp prisoners and handed down a sentence of five years imprisonment.

Her final fate remains unknown.

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