Erika Flocken (12 November 1912 – 4 April 1965) was a chief doctor in the Mühldorf subcamp.

Background

During World War II, Flocken worked for the Todt Organization. From June 1944 to April 1945, she was the head doctor of the Mühldorf subcamp. Flocken banned medical means to prisoners, limiting also the number of prisoners in camp hospitals. She also disregarded the poor sanitary conditions in Mühldorf. Flocken participated in the selection of prisoners who were later transported to Auschwitz-Birkenau for gassing.

Erika Flocken

Flocken was tried in the Mühldorf trial by the American Military Tribunal in Dachau. She was sentenced to death by hanging for war crimes. However, the verdict was later changed to a life sentence, which was reduced to 38 years in 1956. She was released from the prison in Landsberg on parole on 29 April 1957.

Erika Flocken

References

1912 births

1965 deaths

Holocaust perpetrators in Germany

Dachau concentration camp personnel

German prisoners sentenced to death

People convicted in the Dachau trials

Prisoners sentenced to death by the United States military

Women sentenced to death

Erika Flocken