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TOTAL NUMBER OF FEMALE PRISONERS

WOMEN IN AUSCHWITZ

WOMEN IN AUSCHWITZ

TOTAL NUMBER OF FEMALE PRISONERS

In the female camp were imprisoned in total approx. 131 thousand prisoners:

  • approx. 28 thousand in 1942
  • approx. 56 thousand in 1943
  • approx. 47 thousand in 1944

including:

  • approx. 90 thousand with regular numbers
  • approx. 30 thousand with „A” series of numbers (introduced in May 1944 for Jews)
  • approx. 11 thousand with „Z” series of numbers (destined for Roma)
  • approx. 1.8 thousand with „E” series (designated for so-called re-education prisoners-Erziehungshäftling) 

Registered female prisoners according to their ethnic background:

Female prisoners registered in KL Auschwitz by nationality: 82 thousand (almost 63%) Jewish women deported from various countries, 31 thousand (less than 24%) Polish women, 11 thousand (over 8%) Romani women, 7 thousand (over 5%) representatives of other nationalities, including: Russians, Belarusians, Ukrainians, Germans, French, Czechs, and Yugoslavs.

Source: ASMA-B

  • 82 thousand (almost 63 %) of Jews deported from different countries
  • 31 thousand (nearly 24 %) of Polish 
  • 11 thousand (over 8 %) of Roma
  • 7 thousand (over 5%) of representatives of other nations: Russian, Belarussian, Ukrainian, German, French, Czech and Yugoslavian

Greta Jaskólska, dressed in a prison dress and an apron, photographed in three positions: from the side, front-facing and at an angle, with a headscarf on her head.

Source: A-BSMA

Greta Jaskólska, German, deported to Auschwitz on March 26, 1942. She escaped from the camp on July 21, 1942 and was subsequently appended and brought back to the camp.


Maria Cecylia Autsch, dressed in a striped prison uniform, photographed in three positions: from the side, front-facing and at an angle, with a headscarf on her head.

Source: A-BSMA

Maria Cäcilia Autsch, Austrian nun deported to Auschwitz on March 26, 1942; died on December 23, 1944.


Golda Drillich, dressed in a striped prison uniform, photographed in three positions: from the side, front-facing and at an angle, with a headscarf on her head.

Source: A-BSMA

Golda Drillich, Jewish woman deported to Auschwitz on May 258, 1942; died on October 10, 1942.


Natasza Dzidenko, dressed in a prison shirt and an apron, photographed in three positions: from the side, front-facing and at an angle, with a headscarf on her head.

Source: A-BSMA

Natasza Dzidenko, Ukrainian, deported to Auschwitz on August 23, 1942; further fate unknown. 



Seweryna Szmaglewska, dressed in a prison shirt and an apron, photographed in three positions: from the side, front-facing and at an angle, with a headscarf on her head. In two photos wearing glasses.

Source: A-BSMA

Seweryna Szmaglewska, Pole, deported to Auschwitz on October 6, 1942. Escaped during the evacuation march.


Elsa Abt (maiden name – Kraemer), dressed in a striped prison uniform and an apron, photographed in three positions: from the side, front-facing and at an angle, with a headscarf on her head. In two photos wearing glasses.

Source: A-BSMA

Elza Abt (née Kramer), German, arrested and imprisoned in the camp as a member on November 12, 1942 of Jehovah’s Witnesses.


Unidentified Dutch female prisoner, dressed in a striped prison uniform, photographed in three positions: from the side, front-facing and at an angle, with a headscarf on her head.

Source: A-BSMA

Unknown Dutch woman prisoner, brought to Auschwitz on November 20, 1942; further fate unknown. 


Maria Mulei, dressed in a striped prison uniform, photographed in three positions: from the side, front-facing and at an angle, with a headscarf on her head.

Source: A-BSMA

Maria Mulei, Slovene, brought to Auschwitz on December 11, 1942. Died July 22, 1943.


Hania Stosienko, dressed in a striped prison uniform, photographed in three positions: from the side, front-facing and at an angle, with a headscarf on her head.

Source: A-BSMA

Hania Stosienko, Russian, brought to Auschwitz on December 22, 1942. Further fate unknown.


Hania Stosienko, dressed in a striped prison uniform, photographed in three positions: from the side, front-facing and at an angle, with a headscarf on her head.

Source: A-BSMA

Alida De La Salle, French, brought to Auschwitz on January 27, 1943. Further fate unknown.



Hania Stosienko, dressed in a striped prison uniform, photographed in three positions: from the side, front-facing and at an angle, with a headscarf on her head.

Source: A-BSMA

Zdenka Major, Czech, brought to Auschwitz on January 28, 1943, died March 3, 1943.


Hania Stosienko, dressed in a striped prison uniform, photographed in three positions: from the side, front-facing and at an angle, with a headscarf on her head.

Source: A-BSMA

Stefania Holomek, Roma, arrived in KL Auschwitz August 22, 1943, further fate unknown.