Margarete Rosenberg (concentration camp survivor)

Margarete Rosenberg née Quednau (1910–1985) was a German tram conductor who was arrested in September 1940 in Berlin. She was accused of seriously compromising the Berlin Transport Authority (BVG) by failing to report for work after going out drinking with her female colleagues. Although she admitted to having sexual relationships, she was not accused of lesbianism. Together with her colleague Elli Smula (1914–1943) she was sent to the Ravensbrück Concentration Camp the following November where she was nevertheless listed and treated as a lesbian. She was among those who survived the ordeal, being rescued by the Americans in April 1945 after four and a half years of imprisonment.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Erinnerung an Margarete Rosenberg und Elli Smula" (in German). LSVD. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  2. ^ Schoppmann, Claudia (2012). "Elsa Conrad – Margarete Rosenberg – Mary Pünjer – Henny SchermannVier Porträts from Homophobie und Devianz. Weibliche und männliche Homosexualität im Nationalsozialismus" (PDF) (in German). Metropol Verglag. p. 97. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  3. ^ Wäldner, Christian-Alexander (14 March 2019). "Die lesbischen NS-Opfer, die es angeblich nicht gab: Elli Smula und Margarete Rosenberg" (in German). Männer. Retrieved 26 January 2021.