SS-Gefolge (Women's SS Division)

SS-Gefolgen at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp after the camp was liberated on April 19, 1945, including Hildegard Kanbach (1st from left), Magdalene Kessel (2nd from left), Irene Haschke (centre, 3rd from right), Lisbeth Fritzner (mostly obscured, between Kessel and Haschke) Herta Ehlert (2nd from right, partially obscured) and Herta Bothe (1st from right) on their way to bury the victims

SS-Gefolge was the designation for the group of female civilian employees of the Schutzstaffel in Nazi Germany. SS-Gefolge members were only allowed to serve the Schutzstaffel in a very limited capacity as the organisation was not formally a part of the SS. Members of the Gefolge worked in the Nazi concentration camps as guards and nurses.[1]

  1. ^ Schäfer, Silke (2002-10-21). "Zum Selbstverständnis von Frauen im Konzentrationslager" (in German). doi:10.14279/depositonce-528. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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