Nicknamed “The Beautiful Beast,” “Die Hyäne von Auschwitz,”) (The Hyena of Auschwitz), Irma Ilsa Ida Grese, senior SS woman’s overseer, served at Ravensbrück, Auschwitz and Belsen concentration camps, born October 7, 1923 in Wrecken, sentenced to death for crimes against humanity, executed by hanging (hangman Albert Pierrepoint) on December 13, 1945 at Hameln, Germany, […]
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Ilse Koch, wife of Karl Koch (Buchenwald commandant), born 22 September 1906 in Dresden, worked as a guard and secretary at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, reportedly collected items made of human skin, nicknamed: “the Bitch of Buchenwald”, arrested with her husband by SS authorities in 1943 on charges of private enrichment, embezzlement, and the murder of prisoners to prevent […]
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Letter from SS-Sturmmann Ernst Buchhorn to his sister Maria in Dresden, dated July 11, 1944. Buchhorn states that he had been released on June 1 for rehabilitation. Sonderkommando Dirlewanger records indicate that on that date some 287 political prisoners were released from the Sachsenhausen concentration camp for service with the unit, while 182 German political prisoners […]
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SS-Sturmbannführer Dr. Albert Widmann, the son of a railroad engineer, was born in Stuttgart, Germany on June 8, 1912. Studying at the Stuttgart Technical Institute, he received his doctorate in chemical engineering in 1938. The year before he graduated, Widmann joined the Nazi Party. After his schooling, Albert Widmann found himself employed with the Technical […]
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The Camp Men Sample Page Camp Men sample page. The information for each officer is presented in tabular format and includes the National Archive File microfilm roll number.
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