Ulla Jürß
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Ulla Erna Frieda Juerss (b. August 2, 1923, Rabenhorst, Germany) was a female Nazi and a concentration camp guard. It is unclear in her file when Juerss became a camp guard (estimated between 1942 and 1944).
She went to Ravensbrück concentration camp where she was trained as an Aufseherin and served in several capacities. She was later promoted to the rank of Blockführerin, and had over 600 women under her control. She was reportedly a brutal block overseer in the camp. In 1944 the SS arrested Juerss at Ravensbrück for reportedly having stolen prisoners' cigarettes from their care packages. [citation needed][dubious – discuss] In October 1944 she was relieved from duty and went back home.
She was not tracked down until 1966, and until then, lived quietly in East Germany. That year, a court brought charges against her for war crimes. An East German court found her guilty and sentenced her to life imprisonment. It is not known if she was ever released or is still alive.