Irma Grese

Also known as Irma Ida Ilse Grese, Irma Ilse Ida Grese, Irmgard Ilse Ida Grese

German concentration camp guard (1923–1945)

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Wrechen, Germany

Irma Ida Ilse Grese was a German female SS guard at the Nazi concentration camps of Ravensbrück and Auschwitz, and served as warden of the women's section of Bergen-Belsen.

Known for

Secrets of the Nazi Criminals — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1963

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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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