Irma Grese

Irma Grese

Irma Ida Ilse Grese (born 7 October 1923, Wrechen, Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Germany – died 13 December 1945, Hamelin, Germany) was employed at the Nazi concentration camps of Ravensbrück and Auschwitz, and was a warden of the women's section of Bergen-Belsen.

Grese was convicted for crimes against humanity at the Belsen Trial and sentenced to death. Executed at 700122000000000000022 years, 700167000000000000067 days of age, Grese was the youngest woman to die judicially under English law in the 20th century. She was nicknamed "the Beast of Belsen", "The Beautiful Beast", and "Die Hyäne von Auschwitz" ("The Hyena of Auschwitz").