Summary: The Most Terrifying Women Of The Holocaust

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The Most Terrifying Women of The Holocaust Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, not the tormented (Elie Wiesel. The SS women, one could say was the most notorious creatures to ever live. SS women are the main reason why some of the people could have survived didn’t, because they killed them. The lives the women had at the concentration camps and before. Juana Bormann joined in 1939 to “earn money”. She was very abusive, she had a German Shepard that she would release onto the prisoners. The last she was posted was in March 1945. Herta Bothe served at the Stutthof camp near Danzig. She was a tall athletic woman. When the British troops had ordered her and other SS …show more content…
Juana Bormann had a German Shepard that she would let tear apart prisoners. Herta Bothe was known for her brutal beatings. She used a pistol on the prisoners. A survivor claimed to see her beat a prisoner to death with a wooden block. Hildegard Lachert was infamous for her striking the prisoners until blood showed. She would release her dog onto prisoners. She also took part in the gas chamber selections. Ruth Neudeck was very cruel in ways that many have told. A former french prisoner had said they saw her slit another prisoner’s throat with the sharp end of a shovel. She was responsible for over 5,000 deaths. Maria Mandel would wait for someone to look at her and she would drag them out of the line; they were never heard from again. She participated in selections and enjoyed doing it. These women loved the jobs, in fact, they were …show more content…
(Herta Bothe) On April 15, 1945 the British Army liberated Bergen-Belsen. However they weren’t able to rescue inmates. They found over 50,000 dead or barely living corpse. After the war Herta Bothe was charged with committing war crimes. At the Bergen-Belsen trial, she received a 10 year sentence. November 1947, The former SS women Hildegard Lachert appeared in court with 40 others. Because of her war crimes at Auschwitz was given a 15 year sentence. She went back to another trial, for taking part in the selections, releasing her dog onto inmates, and her abuse. She was finally sentenced another 12 years in prison. In late April 1945, Ruth Neudeck fled the camp and was later captured and detained in prison. The British Army investigated the allegations made against her. She later admitted the accusations made against her. She was sentenced to death and was later executed. Juana Bormann, On April 15, 1945 the British Army took over Bergen-Belsen, finding over 10,000 corpse and 60,000 survivors. She was later incarcerated by the military. She went to the trial and was found guilty and hung on December 13, 1945. The last thing she said was “I have my feelings”(In German). Maria Mandel’s trial was in Krakow in Poland, in the autumn of 1947. Then the trial concluded on December 22 in 1947. She was charged for all her violent war

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