Karla Mayer

Who is Karla Mayer?

Karla Mayer, born Karla Woellert, was a guard at three Nazi death camps during the Second World War. She was born in Friedland, Germany.

On 15 September 1941 she arrived at Ravensbrück to undergo guard training. In March 1942 she arrived at Auschwitz I camp in Poland. There she gained the title of Leiterin eines Sortierkommandos. Karla later went to Majdanek camp near Lublin, and when the camp was evacuated in early 1944, she arrived back at Auschwitz. Her fate is unknown.