Execution of Irma Grese - The Hyena of Auschwitz - Nazi Guard at Auschwitz & Bergen-Belsen - WW2

Execution of Irma Grese - The Hyena of Auschwitz - Nazi Guard at Auschwitz & Bergen-Belsen - WW2. Irma Grese was born on the 7th of October 1923. In 1936, when Irma was 13 years old, her mother committed suicide following the discovery of her husband’s affair with a local pub owner’s daughter. She was then raised only by her father Alfred Grese, a devout Christian, who was very stern and strict with his children and would often used physical violence to discipline them. Her criminal career in concentration camps began in July 1942 when she arrived in Ravensbrück Concentration Camp. In March, 1943 Irma Grese was deployed in Auschwitz-Birkenau, which was located in German occupied Poland. Birkenau was the largest of the more than 40 camps and sub-camps that made up the Auschwitz complex. It was divided into ten sections separated by electrified barbed-wire fences. It was patrolled by SS guards, including—after 1942—SS dog handlers. During its three years of operation, it had a range of