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Anneliese Kohlmann
Anneliese Kohlmann served as guard at the Neugraben and Tiefstack subcamps of Neuengamme. The profile reconstructs the person’s function in Neugraben · Tiefstack · Hamburg through documented office, decisions, supervision or operational conduct. It does not assign every crime committed by an institution or region to one individual.
Confirmed findings
- Anneliese Kohlmann was born on 23 March 1921 in Hamburg. She served as a guard in the Neugraben and Tiefstack subcamps of Neuengamme. (Source: Stiftung Hamburger Gedenkstätten und Lernorte / Offenes Archiv, pp. 1–3 (identity, Neugraben/Tiefstack service, escorts, identification, trial and two-year sentence); p. 9, testimony and Margit Rosenthal, TNA WO 235/120; Source: University of Strathclyde research repository, Printed pp. 71–75 (viewer pp. 91–95), source discussion and judgment)
- Former prisoners identified her as escorting labour columns and using violence; at trial she admitted striking women prisoners. (Source: Stiftung Hamburger Gedenkstätten und Lernorte / Offenes Archiv, pp. 1–3 (identity, Neugraben/Tiefstack service, escorts, identification, trial and two-year sentence); p. 9, testimony and Margit Rosenthal, TNA WO 235/120; Source: University of Strathclyde research repository, Printed pp. 71–75 (viewer pp. 91–95), source discussion and judgment)
- A British military court at Celle sentenced her in 1946 to two years’ imprisonment. (Source: Stiftung Hamburger Gedenkstätten und Lernorte / Offenes Archiv, pp. 1–3 (identity, Neugraben/Tiefstack service, escorts, identification, trial and two-year sentence); p. 9, testimony and Margit Rosenthal, TNA WO 235/120; Source: University of Strathclyde research repository, Printed pp. 71–75 (viewer pp. 91–95), source discussion and judgment)
Place in the chain of responsibility
Kohlmann’s responsibility is described through specific guard duties, witness identifications and her own admission to beatings. The short sentence does not erase the established conduct, but it defines the scope of the court’s assessment. (Source: Stiftung Hamburger Gedenkstätten und Lernorte / Offenes Archiv, pp. 1–3 (identity, Neugraben/Tiefstack service, escorts, identification, trial and two-year sentence); p. 9, testimony and Margit Rosenthal, TNA WO 235/120; Source: University of Strathclyde research repository, Printed pp. 71–75 (viewer pp. 91–95), source discussion and judgment)
Key events and mechanisms
- 1944–1945 – service at Neugraben and Tiefstack and escorts of women prisoners (Source: Stiftung Hamburger Gedenkstätten und Lernorte / Offenes Archiv, pp. 1–3 (identity, Neugraben/Tiefstack service, escorts, identification, trial and two-year sentence); p. 9, testimony and Margit Rosenthal, TNA WO 235/120)
- 1946 – trial before a British military court at Celle (Source: Stiftung Hamburger Gedenkstätten und Lernorte / Offenes Archiv, pp. 1–3 (identity, Neugraben/Tiefstack service, escorts, identification, trial and two-year sentence); p. 9, testimony and Margit Rosenthal, TNA WO 235/120; Source: University of Strathclyde research repository, Printed pp. 71–75 (viewer pp. 91–95), source discussion and judgment)
- 1946 – two-year prison sentence (Source: Stiftung Hamburger Gedenkstätten und Lernorte / Offenes Archiv, pp. 1–3 (identity, Neugraben/Tiefstack service, escorts, identification, trial and two-year sentence); p. 9, testimony and Margit Rosenthal, TNA WO 235/120; Source: University of Strathclyde research repository, Printed pp. 71–75 (viewer pp. 91–95), source discussion and judgment)
The circle records authority, function and agency. Several profiles may describe different parts of the same persecution chain, so profile-level totals must not be added together.
Postwar accountability
Kohlmann appeared before a British military court at Celle in proceedings concerning Neuengamme subcamp staff. She was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. (Source: Stiftung Hamburger Gedenkstätten und Lernorte / Offenes Archiv, pp. 1–3 (identity, Neugraben/Tiefstack service, escorts, identification, trial and two-year sentence); p. 9, testimony and Margit Rosenthal, TNA WO 235/120; Source: University of Strathclyde research repository, Printed pp. 71–75 (viewer pp. 91–95), source discussion and judgment)
Limits of the evidence
The evidence individualises beatings and escort duties but does not justify attributing every subcamp crime to Kohlmann. The profile distinguishes witness testimony, her admission and the judgment’s scope. (Source: Stiftung Hamburger Gedenkstätten und Lernorte / Offenes Archiv, pp. 1–3 (identity, Neugraben/Tiefstack service, escorts, identification, trial and two-year sentence); p. 9, testimony and Margit Rosenthal, TNA WO 235/120; Source: University of Strathclyde research repository, Printed pp. 71–75 (viewer pp. 91–95), source discussion and judgment)
Sources
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