Trivia

Was a supervisor at the Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen.

In Hameln Jail, she was hanged by noted British executioner, Albert Pierrepoint on Friday, December 13, 1945.

According to her executioner, Albert Pierrepoint, as she was being led to the gallows to be hung: "She walked out of her cell and came towards us laughing."; her last word was, "Schnell!" - ("Quickly!").

The youngest woman to die judicially under English law in the 20th century.

Tried for was crimes and sentenced to death and executed two months after her 22nd birthday.

Born a farmers daughter.

Full name: Irma Ida Ilse Grese.

Nicknamed The Beautiful Beast.

Served with the Nazi party from 1937 until 1945 and held the rank of SS-Helferin.

Was the second highest ranking woman and Senior Supervisor at Auschwitz.

Captured by the British on 17 April 1945.