Erna Beilhardt

Erna Beilhardt was an SS-Aufseherin at several concentration camps and member of the German Red Cross during the last year of World War II.

Born in Neuteich (Nowy Staw) near Danzig on February 7, 1907, Erna came to the Stutthof concentration camp during the fall of 1944 where she was trained as an Hilfsaufseherin. Erna Beilhardt remained at the central camp from September 18, 1944 until October 11, 1944 where she attended an overseer program for six weeks and was then moved to the satellite camp at Heiligenbeil. On January 20, 1945 Erna accompanied the evacuation of prisoners to Konigsberg where she performed nursing duties on injured German soldiers under the German Red Cross. Eventually, in 1945, she was again present at the main camp at Stutthof.

Captured by Soviet troops after the war, Erna Beilhardt was accused during the first 'Stutthof Trial' (April 25, 1946 – May 31, 1946) of maltreatment of concentration camp prisoners and handed down a sentence of five years imprisonment.

Her overall fate remains unknown.