Hildegard Mende (born 24 November 1922) was a female guard (Aufseherin, in German) in two concentration camps during World War II.

She was employed in Ravensbrück and then in the small fortress of Theresienstadt concentration camp and ghetto in Czechoslovakia.

[1] Her husband was Herbert Mende (1 February 1919 – 1997), a "Polish German, a boxer, a member of the Prague Gestapo, from prison in June 1940 who was appointed guard in Terezin, and was known for his harsh interrogations.

As an overseer, he worked in Theresienstadt with his wife Hildegard, who was allegedly able to kill prisoners with their bare hands.

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