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
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
Elisabeth Volkenrath
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Elisabeth Volkenrath was a German supervisor at several Nazi concentration camps during World War II.
Irma Grese
…various duties within the camp over the next few months. In the autumn, she led a gardening squad before taking over as mail censor from Aufseherin Elisabeth Volkenrath in December. Grese, who was 20 years old at the time, was promoted to Oberaufseherin, performing satisfactorily. In May 1944, Grese was given the…
Volkenrath in 1945
Among SS women camp guards at Bergen-Belsen, including Herta Bothe and Irene Haschke