{"id":5453,"date":"2023-02-28T18:47:47","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T18:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/?p=5453"},"modified":"2023-04-06T22:19:13","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T22:19:13","slug":"irma-grese-the-hyena-of-auschwitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/irma-grese-the-hyena-of-auschwitz\/","title":{"rendered":"Irma Grese: The Hyena of Auschwitz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the Second World War, war crimes trials were held to bring the architects of WW2 and the Holocaust to justice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inside a courtroom in Luneburg, the Belsen Trials took place&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">that sought to deal with the SS men and women of the Belsen concentration camp.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many of these guards had committed horrendous crimes, but what shocked the world was that many young women like Irma Grese were convicted alongside commandant Josef Kramer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Irma_Grese.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Irma_Grese.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Irma_Grese-300x292.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Irma Grese<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Hyena of Auschwitz<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Irma Grese was only 22 when she was hanged, making her the youngest female Nazi executed following the Second World War. The world was shocked, and many couldn&#8217;t understand how such a young, beautiful woman could be the embodiment of evil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her trial earned her the nicknames &#8216;The Beautiful Beast&#8217; and the &#8216;Hyena of Auschwitz&#8217; for her heartless treatment of prisoners.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The early life of Irma Grese<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On October 7, 1923, Irma Grese was born to dairy workers Berta Grese and Alfred Grese. Irma was one of five siblings: three girls and two boys.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tragically, in 1936, Irma&#8217;s mother died by suicide after consuming hydrochloric acid, which resulted from her discovering Alfred&#8217;s extramarital relationship with the daughter of a local pub owner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Irma&#8217;s sister Helene, she was bullied as a child and was incapable of standing up for herself, qualities that likely gave her quite a chip on her shoulder.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a teenager, Irma joined the League of German Girls (Bund Deutscher M\u00e4del), the girl&#8217;s equivalent of the Hitler Youth. However, this decision never sat well with her father, who held some anti-nazi beliefs and tried to ban her from joining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Irma, being the rebellious teenager she was, ignored her father&#8217;s wishes. Before 17, she took a further step and moved to the SS Female Helpers&#8217; training base near the all-female concentration camp near Ravensbr\u00fcck to train as a concentration camp guard.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A concentration camp guard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following Irma&#8217;s training, she worked at Ravensbr\u00fcck, making 54 marks a month. She was eventually promoted to supervisor and transferred to Auschwitz in 1943.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This transfer was the final nail in the coffin, and she had a massive falling out with her father.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Irma worked in&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.auschwitz.org\/en\/history\/auschwitz-ii\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Auschwitz II-Birkenau<\/a>, the portion of the camp responsible for taking the lives of 90% of Auchwit&#8217;z prisoners.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She worked alongside people like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/josef-mengele\/\" title=\"Josef Mengele: Who was Auschwitz\u2019s Angel of Death?\">Josef Mengele<\/a> in the selection process to determine who could work and who was sent to the gas chambers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grese was a dedicated Nazi who demonstrated loyalty, dedication, and obedience, resulting in her quick promotion to senior SS supervisor, the second highest rank available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/the-women-of-the-third-reich\/\" title=\"The Women Of The Third Reich\">for women in the SS.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Building a reputation for violence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While working there, Grese developed a sadistic reputation. Survivors of Auschwitz and Beslsen, where she later worked, testified to her brutality.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grese was incredibly violent, often knocking prisoners to the ground and kicking them until blood was drawn. She would use her trusty whip with little provocation if it weren&#8217;t her boots.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other times, she would randomly shoot prisoners and laugh immediately after.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She would patrol the grounds with a dog trained to maul prisoners.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During selections, Irma made a point to select any women she thought were more attractive than her to go straight to the gas chambers.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There were rumors that Grese used human skin to make lampshades in her quarters, but this was likely a myth.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trial and execution of Irma Grese<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the war was winding down in 1945, Grese transferred from Auschwitz to Ravensbr\u00fcck to Belsen. She was captured on April 17, 1945, by the British Army.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grese was tried over nine weeks alongside 45 others a the Belsen trials in Luneburg, Germany.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The_Liberation_of_Bergen-belsen_Concentration_Camp_1945-_Portraits_of_Belsen_Guards_at_Celle_Awaiting_Trial_August_1945_BU9745.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The_Liberation_of_Bergen-belsen_Concentration_Camp_1945-_Portraits_of_Belsen_Guards_at_Celle_Awaiting_Trial_August_1945_BU9745.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The_Liberation_of_Bergen-belsen_Concentration_Camp_1945-_Portraits_of_Belsen_Guards_at_Celle_Awaiting_Trial_August_1945_BU9745-293x300.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The_Liberation_of_Bergen-belsen_Concentration_Camp_1945-_Portraits_of_Belsen_Guards_at_Celle_Awaiting_Trial_August_1945_BU9745-768x788.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Irma Grese and Josef Kramer in prison<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the trial, she earned the nickname &#8220;The Beautiful Beast&#8221; from the press. Despite severe charges against 16 female guards, Grese was one of three (Johanna Bormann and Elisabeth Volkenrath were the others) sentenced to hang.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even when facing her end, Grese remained defiant and unrepentant of her crimes as the verdict was read.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/HV-015-IrmaGrese-550x352-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/HV-015-IrmaGrese-550x352-1.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/HV-015-IrmaGrese-550x352-1-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Grese on trial<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Wendy Adele-Marie Sarti, the author of&nbsp;<em>Nazi Wives<\/em>, Grese spent the night before her executions singing Nazi songs with Johanna Bormann.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On December 13, 1945, she was led to the Gallows and hanged by executioner Albert Pierrepoint. Her last words were &#8220;quickly&#8221; as she stood waiting for her end.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the Second World War, war crimes trials were held to bring the architects of WW2 and the Holocaust to justice.&nbsp; Inside a courtroom in Luneburg, the Belsen Trials took place&nbsp; that sought to deal with the SS men and women of the Belsen concentration camp.&nbsp; Many of these guards had committed horrendous crimes, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,24,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-modern","category-people","category-ww2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn about Irma Grese - a female SS guard at Auschwitz and one of the most notorious war criminals of World War II. 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