Johanna Langefeld (March 5, 1900 - January 26, 1974) was a female supervisor at two concentration camps during the Nazi Regime. March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday. ... January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV in Roman) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Nazism. ...

Born on in Kupferdreh (now Essen, Germany), Johanna Langefeld later married and had a son. As her husband was killed on the Russian front, she volunteered to be a camp guard to earn her and her son's living. She began her training in Ravensbrück, as she stated after the war, "to help the poorest of the poor." [Essen], german for Meal [essen], german for eat 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... View of the barracks at Ravensbrück Ravensbrück was a German concentration camp located 90 km north of Berlin. ...

In 1941, Johanna was promoted to SS Oberaufseherin and became head of all prisoners and female guards at Ravensbrück. Prisoners recounted Johanna with mixed feelings. She saved the life of a Polish woman who was to be executed, but showed no adverse reaction when a prisoner was beaten in front of her. In March 1942, Johanna was selected to become head of the Auschwitz I camp in newly occupied Poland. There she tried to take control of the women's camp and get absolute power. The then commandant, Rudolf Höß, did not accept this and the two butted heads. Höß was unimpressed by the women guards and saw them as incompetent and untrustworthy. For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 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... Look up March in Wiktionary, the free dictionary March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... This article is about the year. ... Auschwitz, in English, commonly refers to the Auschwitz concentration camp complex built near the town of Oświęcim, by Nazi Germany during World War II. Rarely, it may refer to the Polish town of Oświęcim (called by the Germans Auschwitz) itself. ... Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Höß (in English, Hoess without or Höss with the umlaut) (November 25, 1900 – April 16, 1947) was a senior Nazi official, member of the SS and Waffen-SS (with the rank of SS-Obersturmbannführer) and commander of the Auschwitz concentration camp where he was responsible...

After the war, Höß recounted in his memoires that they had been:

"spoiled rotten in Ravensbrück. Everything had been done to persuade them to stay in the KZ women's auxiliary. They were given good food and extremely good lodging. They also made a salary which could never be met in civilian life. From their very first days in Auschwitz, many of them wanted to run back to the quiet and comfortable life of Ravensbrück. There were only three or four competent ones, and the rest were driven crazy by the others who ran around like excited chickens."

Höß also wrote that the morale among the female guards was low. Many of them eventually stood before an SS court for stealing from the camp's supply huts. Eventually Höß had enough of the power struggle and sent Langefeld back to Ravensbrück in October 1942. That same month the Auschwitz women's camp was moved to the Auschwitz Birkenau camp 3 km away and Maria Mandel became the new female camp leader. Back at Ravensbrück Langefeld served as chief wardress along with several other women. Look up October in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article is about the year. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μέτρο (metro) = count/measure). ... Maria Mandel (January 10, 1912 - January 24, 1948) was infamous for her key role in the Holocaust as a top-ranking official at the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp where she is believed to have been directly responsible for orders to kill over 500,000 female Jews, Gypsies, and political prisoners. ...

In April 1943, Johanna became deputy wardress under Lagerführerin Erna Rose. In November 1944, Langefeld began helping select out women in barracks to be gassed. In April 1945, Johanna successfully negotiated the release of over 1,000 female concentration camp prisoners to the Swedish Red Cross via Denmark. Along the way over thirty of the women died in air raids. Template:AprillCalendar Look up Aprill in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ... Erna Rose was an SS supervisor at the Ravensbrück concentration camp near Berlin. ... Look up November in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Anarchist Black Cross was originally called the Anarchist Red Cross. The band Redd Kross was originally called Red Cross. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

After the war Johanna was never prosecuted for war crimes. She was praised for her kindness and consideration in the camps, but attacked by Höß in his memoires. Johanna Langefeld died at her home in Augsburg, Germany on January 26, 1974, at the age of 73. Augsburg is a city in south-central Germany. ... January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV in Roman) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...