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Franziska Hoengesberg was born Franziska Aatforst (or Autforst) in Essen, Germany on February 6, 1900. In 1944, as Buchenwald built a subcamp in Essen, Hoengesberg's hometown, she applied with the camp office there to become a camp guard. The SS accepted her into the SS ranks and sent her, as an SS member to the Buchenwald camp near Weimar and Erfurt. There she became a Blockfuhrerin (Barrack Overseer). Soon after, Hoengesberg was assigned to the Essen subcamp in her hometown as a Blockfuhrerin. In April 1945, she walked out of the camp and back home with the arrival of the American Army. She has never been prosecuted for war crimes. Essen is the name of the following places: Essen, Germany, one of the major cities of the Ruhr area Essen, Belgium Essen, Netherlands, a village in the province of Groningen German: to eat, eating, food This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share... February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Slave laborers in the Buchenwald concentration camp (Elie Wiesel is second row, seventh from left). ... SS or ss or Ss may be: The Schutzstaffel, a Nazi paramilitary force Steamship (SS) (ship prefix) The United States Secret Service A submarine not powered by nuclear energy (SS) (United States Navy designator), see SSN A Soviet/Russian surface-to-surface missile, as listed by NATO reporting name Shortstop... Weimar is a city in Germany. ... Map of Germany showing Erfurt Erfurt [ˈɛrfʊrt] is a city in central Germany. ... April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... A nations army is its military, or more specifically, all of its land forces. ...