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Irma Ilse Ida Grese was born to Berta Grese and Alfred Grese, both dairy workers, on 7 October 1923. Irma was the third eldest (three sisters and two brothers). [7] In 1936, her mother committed suicide by drinking hydrochloric acid following the discovery of Alfred’s affair with a local pub owner's daughter. [8]
Irma Grese oversaw the death cells at Bergen-Belsen; mugshot was taken by Sergeant Johnny Silverside on 8 August 1945 (including the ones following) Elisabeth Volkenrath was a guard at Ravensbrück and Auschwitz before becoming head wardress at Bergen-Belsen
Grese inspired virulent hatred in Olga. Grese was only twenty two and had several lovers among the SS in the camp, including Mengele. After she strong-armed the inmate surgeon at the infirmary into performing her illegal abortion, Irma disclosed that she planned a career in the movies after the war.
In Bergen-Belsen the three head overseers were Oberaufseherin Elisabeth Volkenrath [33] (February 1945–April 1945), Rapportführerin Hildegard Gollasch, [40] while Herta Ehlert [41] served an additional deputy wardress and Irma Grese [42] (January/February 1945–April 1945) was Kommandoführerin alongside Juana Bormann. [43]
Image credits: Old-time Photos To learn more about the fascinating world of photography from the past, we got in touch with Ed Padmore, founder of Vintage Photo Lab.Ed was kind enough to have a ...
Hans Pflaum (1910–1950) Aufseherin Irma Grese "the Hyena", [20] [21] 1945. Camp commandants included : SS-Standartenführer Günther Tamaschke from May 1939 to August 1939; SS-Hauptsturmführer Max Koegel from January 1940 till August 1942; SS-Hauptsturmführer Fritz Suhren from August 1942 until the camp's liberation at the end of April 1945
The infirmary encounters with Irma Grese had first been described by Olga Lengyel, a Hungarian Jewish woman and surgical assistant imprisoned at Auschwitz, in her 1947 book Five Chimneys, originally published in French. [8] [9] Lengyel was the first survivor to have her testimony published in English, wrote Zoë Waxman. [9]
#Irma." And in the photo's comments, women did not hold back. "Y’all should do a calendar, where you’re half dressed, for charity," one woman wrote, with another adding, "I’m Charity and I ...