Gerda Steinhoff
1922-1946
Born 29.01.1922 in Danzig-Wrzeszcz, Weiligebruneweg 11.
She was "Volksdeutsche" (german) , a tall , red-haired woman
1939 she had a job as servant in Tygenhagen, then she worked in a bakery in Danzig,
Until 1944 she was tramway conductor , married on 25 . January and had one child1944 she joined the SS und was occupied in KZ Stutthoff :
Until 31.10.1944 she was SS-Guard in Stutthof SK III und had 400 prisoners under her control
31.10.1944 – 1.12.1944 " SS-Oberaufseherin" (chief-guard) in KZ Danzig-Holm
(an annex to Stutthof )
1.12.1944 – 18.01.1945 "SS- Oberaufseherin" inKZ Bydgoszcz (another annex)
On 25.1.1945 she received the "Eisernes Kreuz" (Iron Cross) for "merits" while doing her job as KZ-GuardShe was arrested on 25. May 1945 and spent over one year in a Danzig prison
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She was a brutal murderess and selected numerous people for the gaschambersOn 31. May1946 she was sentenced to death by hanging and was publicly hanged at Biskupia Gorka near Danzig on 4th July 1946