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Nazi War Crimes Trials: Ravensbrück Trial

(December 5, 1946 - February 3, 1947)

Sixteen ex-officials of the staff of Ravensbrück were tried by a mixed inter-allied court in the British zone from the December 5, 1946, to February 3, 1947. All were found guilty, except one, who died during the trial. Eleven were sentenced to death by hanging and the remainder to various terms of imprisonment.

Johann Schwarzhüber : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 3rd May 1947)
Dorothea Binz : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 2nd May 1947)
Ludwig Ramdohr : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 3rd May 1947)
SS Dr Rolf Rosenthal : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 3rd May 1947)
Elizabeth Marschall : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 2nd May 1947)
SS Dr Martin Hellinger : 15 Years Imprisonment
Margarete Mewes : 10 Years Imprisonment
Gustav Binder : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 3rd May 1947)
SS Dr Adolf Winkelmann : The Death Sentence (Died on the 3rd February 1947)
Eugenie von Skene : 10 Years Imprisonment
Kapo Vera Salvequart : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 26th June 1947)
SS Dr Gerhard Schidlausky : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 3rd May 1947)
Greta Bosel : The Death Sentence (Executed on the 2nd May 1947)
Heinrich Peters : 15 Years Imprisonment
Kapo Carmen Morey : The Death Sentence (Committed Suicide on the 9th April 1947)
SS Dr Percy Treite : The Death Sentence (Committed Suicide on the 8th April 1947)

Sources: Skalman