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'''Irma Ida Ilse Grese''' (October 7<sup>th</sup>, 1923 – December 13<sup>th</sup>, 1945) was employed at the Nazi concentration camps of Ravensbrück and [http://real-life-villains.wikia.com/wiki/Auschwitz_Birkenau Auschwitz], and was a warden of the women's section of Bergen-Belsen. | '''Irma Ida Ilse Grese''' (October 7<sup>th</sup>, 1923 – December 13<sup>th</sup>, 1945) was employed at the Nazi concentration camps of Ravensbrück and [http://real-life-villains.wikia.com/wiki/Auschwitz_Birkenau Auschwitz], and was a warden of the women's section of Bergen-Belsen. | ||
She tortured Jewish prisoners including Olga Lengyel who wrote of her experiences in her memoir, Five Chimneys. Irma was executed on December 13<sup>th</sup>, 1945 | She tortured Jewish prisoners including Olga Lengyel who wrote of her experiences in her memoir, Five Chimneys. According to the [https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/irma-grese Jewish Virtual Library], Irma Grese randomly beat and tortured prisoners, used her trained & half-starved dogs to attack them, and personally chose who was sent to the gas chambers. Irma Grese randomly shot prisoners, beat women to death, and savagely tortured others with a plaited whip. | ||
After being convicted in the [https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/bergen-belsen-trial-september-november-1945 Belsen Trial] (held for those in charge of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp), Irma was executed on December 13<sup>th</sup>, 1945. She has been variously nicknamed '''The Beast of Belsen''', '''The Beautiful Beast''', and '''Die Hyäne von Auschwitz''' ('''The Hyena of Auschwitz'''). | |||
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