Female Fascist Guards and Camp Auxiliaries
The Nazi Guard Who Oversaw Mass Killings: Ruth Neudeck
10m
Ruth Neudeck, later known as Ruth Closius, was one of the most brutal female guards in the Nazi concentration camp system. Trained at the Ravensbrück concentration camp under the notorious overseer Dorothea Binz, she quickly gained a reputation for extreme violence, beating prisoners, humiliating women, and participating in the selection and murder of thousands of inmates.
This documentary follows Neudeck's path from growing up under Adolf Hitler's dictatorship and Nazi indoctrination to becoming the leader of the Uckermark extermination camp, where more than 4,000 women and children were murdered through gassing, starvation, and poisoning. Drawing on survivor testimonies, it reveals the shocking cruelty she inflicted on helpless prisoners during the final months of the Second World War.
Discover the rise of Nazi persecution, the Ravensbrück and Uckermark concentration camps, survivor testimonies, and the British war crimes trial that sentenced Ruth Neudeck to death.
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