Albert Pierrepoint
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Albert Pierrepoint was an English hangman who executed between 435 and 600 people in a 25-year career that ended in 1956. His father Henry and uncle Thomas were official hangmen before him.
Albert's father Henry
Facsimile of British hangman's equipment, shown at Wandsworth Prison museum
Execution Box number eight, containing all the equipment needed for an executioner; shown at Wandsworth Prison museum
X-ray of the cervical spine with a hangman's fracture. Left without annotation, right with. The C2 (red outline) is moved forward with respect to C3 (blue outline).
Irma Grese
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Irma Ilse Ida Grese was a Nazi concentration camp guard at Ravensbrück, Auschwitz II-Birkenau, and Bergen-Belsen. She has been widely known as the "Hyena of Auschwitz" and the "Beast of Belsen" for th
Albert Pierrepoint
…he explained the reason for his absence, and she accepted it, saying that she had known about his second job all along, after hearing gossip locally. Irma Grese and Josef Kramer, both officials at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, awaiting trial; both were executed by Pierrepoint. In late 1945, following the…
Grese awaiting trial at Celle, 8 August 1945
Grese, c. July 1942
Grese and Kramer in the Celle courtyard, 8 August 1945
Grese at the Belsen trial, 17 September 1945