Irma Grese
Nicknamed “The Beautiful Beast,” “Die Hyäne von Auschwitz,”) (The Hyena of Auschwitz), Irma Ilsa Ida Grese, senior SS woman’s overseer, served at Ravensbrück, Auschwitz and Belsen concentration camps, born October 7, 1923 in Wrecken, sentenced to death for crimes against humanity, executed by hanging (hangman Albert Pierrepoint) on December 13, 1945 at Hameln, Germany, said of herself: “I never struck prisoners during the 3½ weeks I was at Belsen.” (2,000 Quotes From Hitler’s 1,000-Year Reich)
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Josef Kramer
Josef Kramer, SS-Hauptsturmführer, born November 10, 1906 in Munich, SS officer at Dachau, Sachsenhausen, Mauthausen, Auschwitz and Natzweiler concentration camps, kommandant of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, winner of the War Service Cross 1st Class, convicted of crimes against humanity at Lüneburg, executed by hanging (Albert Pierrepoint) on December 13, 1945 at Hemeln Prison, on his feelings toward killing: “I had no feelings in carrying out these things because I had received an order. That, incidentally, is the way I was trained.” (2,000 Quotes From Hitler’s 1,000-Year Reich)