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Elisabeth Willhaus: The Nazi Commandant's Wife Who Allegedly Shot Prisoners
Elisabeth Willhaus remains one of the most controversial female figures associated with the Nazi occupation system in Eastern Europe during World War II. As the wife of SS officer Gustav Willhaus, commandant of the Janowska concentration camp in occupied Lviv, she lived inside one of the most feared camp complexes established by Nazi Germany.
This documentary follows Elisabeth Willhaus from her early life in Germany to her years at Janowska, where she became closely associated with the camp environment and the persecution carried out under German occupation. Witnesses later claimed that she…
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