Ewa Paradies
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Ewa Paradies | |
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 Ewa Paradies after her execution | |
| Born | 17 December 1920 |
| Died | 4 July 1946 (aged 25) |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Occupation | Guards of the Stutthof concentration camp |
| Political party | Nazi Party |
| Motive | Nazism |
| Conviction | Crimes against humanity |
| Trial | Stutthof trials |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
Ewa Paradies (17 December 1920 – 4 July 1946) was a Nazi concentration camp overseer.
In August 1944, Paradies arrived at the Stutthof SK-III camp for training as an Aufseherin, or overseer. She soon finished training and became a wardress. In October 1944, she was reassigned to Stutthof's Bromberg-Ost subcamp; and in January 1945, she was moved back to the main Stutthof camp.[citation needed] In April 1945, Paradies accompanied one of the last transports of women prisoners to the Lauenburg subcamp and fled. After she was captured, she was a defendant in the Stutthof trial. One witness testified: "She ordered a group of female prisoners to undress in the freezing cold of winter, and then doused them with ice cold water. When the women moved, Paradies beat them."[1][2]
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As punishment for her brutalities, including causing the deaths of some prisoners, Paradies was sentenced to death.[3] She was publicly executed by short-drop hanging on Biskupia Górka Hill near Gdańsk on 4 July 1946 with ten other Stutthof guards and kapos (five women and six men in all); Paradies was the last woman to hang.[4]
