Irma Grese - Wikipedia
WEBIrma Grese and former SS-Hauptsturmführer Josef Kramer in prison in Celle, with a British soldier standing guard (August 1945). Grese was among the 45 people accused of war crimes at the Belsen Trial which was held in Lüneburg, Lower Saxony. She was tried over the first period of the trials (17 September – 17 November 1945) and was ...
Beast of Belsen and his lover in Nuremberg exhibit - The Guardian
WEBNov 21, 2005 · The couple, Josef Kramer, nicknamed the Beast of Belsen, and Irma Grese, 25, in charge of death cells at the Nazi concentration camp, were seen in photographs digitised by the Imperial War...
Why Was Irma Grese, the Beast of Belsen, so Hated?
WEBOn June 16, 1945, Grese was indicted with Josef Kramer and 43 other Belsen personnel on charges of murder and ill treatment of prisoners at Belsen and Auschwitz. Grese and the other Belsen guards were transferred to Celle for their pretrial incarceration.
Josef Kramer - Wikipedia
WEBSS-Hauptsturmführer Josef Kramer, photographed in legcuffs at Belsen before being removed to the POW cage at Celle, 17 April 1945. Former Aufseherin Irma Grese and former SS-Hauptsturmführer Josef Kramer in prison in Celle in August 1945
Irma Grese - Jewish Virtual Library
WEBAfter the Kommandant of Bergen-Belsen, Josef Kramer, Irma Grese was the most notorious defendant in the Belsen Trial, held between September 17 and November 17, 1945. Grese was convicted and sentenced to be hanged. She was executed on December 13, 1945. Sources: Hitler's Women.
The British Hangman Who Executed Belsen's Most Sadistic Nazis
WEBApr 7, 2021 · Another prisoner who interested Pierrepoint was Irma Grese, a sadistic camp guard who was Kramer’s lover. She was called by some “the bitch from Auschwitz.” The 21-year-old Grese “emerged from her cell laughing. She looked pleasant,” he described. He smiled back, without explaining why.
Belsen trials - Wikipedia
WEBJosef Kramer had been camp commandant at Bergen-Belsen and before that at Auschwitz. Of the other defendants, 12 were kapos, 16 female SS members and 16 male SS members. Although the SS was an all-male organisation, women were able to enlist as members of the SS-Gefolge, a form of civilian employee.
Irma Grese - TracesOfWar.com
WEBOct 6, 2014 · The name of Irma Grese is less well known than that of Rudolph Höss, Josef Kramer or many other names of persons that left their black mark on the history of the Holocaust. Yet she was one of the most infamous female war criminals of that era.
Trial Transcript - Exhibit 112 - Bergen-Belsen
WEBThe Trial of Josef Kramer and Forty Four Others. Exhibit 112 Statements of Irma Grese. IN THE MATTER OF WAR CRIMES AND ATROCITIES AT AUSCHWITZ AND BELSEN CAMPS. Statement of SS Kommandoführerin Irma Grese. I am 21years of age and come from Wrechen near Feldberg, Mecklenburg. From the age of 16 I worked as an assistant nurse in a hospital and ...
Belsen: Our Story. ‘There must be a purpose in surviving. Mine is …
WEBJan 28, 2020 · They also put on trial the guards, including "Butcher of Belsen" Josef Kramer and his lover Irma Grese. “She was such a bastard,” says Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, whose life was spared as she...
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