Elisabeth Volkenrath (née Mühlau; 5 September 1919 – 13 December 1945) was a German supervisor at several Nazi concentration camps during World War II.

Volkenrath, née Mühlau, was an ungelernte Hilfskraft (unskilled worker) when she volunteered for service in a concentration camp.

[1] In October 1941 she began working at Ravensbrück concentration camp as a guard.

[3] In April 1945, Volkenrath was arrested by the British Army, and was tried in the Belsen trials, at which she was convicted of war crimes.

"[5] Sentenced to death, she was executed by hanging at Hamelin Prison by British official executioner Albert Pierrepoint[6] on 13 December 1945.