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Irma Grese
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German concentration camp guard (1923–1945)
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Irma Grese was a female person associated with the United States. She was born on 1923-10-07 and died on 1945-12-13. Her musical genres included 2008 universal fire victim, classic pop and rock, and southern soul.
The subject is referenced by 309 other encyclopedia articles. On Last.fm, the name Irma Grese has 76 listeners and a playcount of 81. Crossref data indicates a works count of 5.
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Key facts
- Born
- Irma Ilse Ida Grese , ( 1923-10-07 ) 7 October 1923, Wrechen [ de ] , Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Germany
- Died
- 13 December 1945 (1945-12-13) (aged 22), Hamelin , Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany
- Cause of death
- Execution by hanging
- Other names
- Beast of Belsen , Bitch of Belsen , Hyena of Auschwitz , The Beautiful Beast , Angel of Auschwitz
- Criminal status
- Executed
- Motive
- Nazism , Sadism
- Conviction
- War crimes
- Trial
- Belsen trial
- Criminal penalty
- Death
- Allegiance
- Nazi Germany
- Division
- SS-Gefolge
- Service years
- 1942–1945
- Rank
- Ravensbrück , Aufseherin Auschwitz II-Birkenau , Oberaufseherin Bergen-Belsen , Arbeitsdienstführerin , Rapportführerin
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Irma
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Nazi Germany
- Occupation
- nurse
- Political party
- Nazi Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- Schutzstaffel
- Image
- Irma Grese.jpg
- Convicted of
- crime against humanity
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- killed by
- Albert Pierrepoint
- nickname
- die Hyäne von Auschwitz
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- allegiance
- Nazi Germany
- Commons category
- Irma Grese
- date of death
- 1945-12-13
- date of birth
- 1923-10-07
- cause of death
- hanging to death
- name in native language
- Irma Grese
- military unit
- SS-Gefolge
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Encyclopedic overview
Irma Ilse Ida Grese (7 October 1923 – 13 December 1945) 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 the atrocities she committed during her service.
Following the Allied occupation of Nazi Germany in April 1945, Grese was found guilty of war crimes involving the torture and murder of Jewish prisoners at the Belsen trial and sentenced to death by hanging. She was hanged at the age of 22, making her the youngest woman to be judicially executed under British law in the twentieth century.
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