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3 February 1947, Hamburg. After weeks of testimony revealing the brutality of Ravensbrück—the largest concentration camp for women in Nazi Germany—sentences are delivered. Among those condemned is Elisabeth Marschall, the camp’s head nurse.
This documentary traces her path from a trained nurse to a figure within the Nazi system, shaped by propaganda, ideology, and opportunity.
At Ravensbrück, more than 130,000 women were imprisoned and over 90,000 perished. The camp was a site of forced labor, brutal medical experiments, and selections that determined life or death. As head nurse, Marschall was involved in the camp’s medical system and prisoner selections.
The film also explores the post-war trials, where former staff were brought before a British military tribunal.

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“Nazi Head Nurse at Ravensbrück Camp Faces Justice: Elisabeth Marschall”

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00:00Together with the SS doctor, Percival Treiter, Marshall participated in the random selection
00:05of 800 female prisoners who were then sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Many of them died during
00:11the transport and in the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp itself. She also participated in these selections
00:17together with Dr. Adel Winkelmann, who later testified how these selections were carried out.
00:22The searches took place on one of the camp's streets or in a barracks, but very rarely.
00:26The inmates marched in a row to Dr. Richard Troma and passed me. Of course, we could only do a
00:33very
00:33superficial examination and the people who were obviously sick, unable to work, or unable to march
00:39were searched. The inmates had to bare their legs so that we could see if they were capable of walking.
00:45After the war, both Dr. Winkelmann and Elizabeth Marshall claimed that they had not known that
00:50the selection could mean death in gas chambers for the prisoners.
00:53The full story on WorldHistory.tv
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