Elsa Ehrich

Who was Elsa Ehrich?

Else Lieschen Frida Ehrich was an SS guard at the Nazi concentration camps, including at Kraków-Płaszów and the Majdanek concentration camp during World War II. She was tried in Lublin, Poland at the Majdanek Trials and sentenced to death for war crimes. Ehrich was hanged on October 26, 1948. She was an Oberaufseherin at Majdanek, and took active part in all the major selections to the gas chambers and executions. She also maltreated the prisoners, not sparing even the children. Her faithful helper was Hermine Braunsteiner.