Wilma Fath

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Wilma Fath was known for her role as a concentration camp guard in two camps during the final phase of World War II.

[edit] Life

Wilma Fath was born on October 8, 1913 in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland. Before she became a guard, her life was mostly uneventful.

[edit] Camps

On September 19, 1944 she reported to the Ravensbrück camp to begin her training to be a camp matron, and three weeks later, when her training ended, she began work as an Aufseherin. Soon after her training was completed, Wilma was assigned to oversee a transport of women to the Allendorf subcamp of Buchenwald. She stayed in that post until the Americans closed in on the camp in April 1945, and she fled back home.

[edit] Post-war

After the war, Fath was netted in a de-Nazification hearing and asked about her role in the two camps. She repeatedly denied participating in the maltreatment of camp inmates and was never prosecuted by the US court.