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On 2 January 1951, the West German chancellor, Konrad Adenauer, met the U.S. High Commissioner for Germany, John J. McCloy, to argue that the status of the Landsberg prisoners was not so much a legal question as a political one, and that to execute the Landsberg prisoners would ruin forever any effort at having the Federal Republic play its ...
Between 2000 and 5000 men lived there; in February 1945, 200 women also arrived there. Because of overcrowding, Kaufering XI was established and some prisoners moved. [ 15 ] A group of seven Hungarian Jewish women, known as the "Schwangerenkommando" (pregnancy unit), who had conceived before their deportation to Auschwitz, was allowed to remain ...
Erna Beilhardt (7 February 1907 – 1999) was a German female guard at Stutthof concentration camp during the Holocaust. A member of the SS-Aufseherin, or overseer, Beilhardt was also a nurse affiliated with the German Red Cross during the last year of World War II. According to a Polish historian, the case of Beilhardt is the only known ...
Michelle Jenneke finished in 37th place with a time of 13.26 seconds in the first round of the women's 100-meter hurdles. She did not qualify to move on to the next round, ending her bid for ...
A big reason why these athletes were so great was because they were built differently. In women’s sport, people are often too busy scrutinizing and questioning stand-out athletes to appreciate them.
Black American women competing in the 2024 Olympics are in a massive spotlight — and so is their hair. Kendall Ellis, a 28-year-old sprinter, said she’s planning to highlight her kinky hair ...
By the end of April 1945, a total of about 30,000 prisoners had passed through the camps, including 4200 women and 850 children. [2] In just ten months, according to estimates from early post-war times , at least 14,500 prisoners died from hunger, epidemics, executions, transfer to Auschwitz-Birkenau, and on a death March .
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]