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- What happened to the guards at Belsen?
- What happened to Irma Grese after the war?
- Where was Irma Grese tried?
- What did the beast of Belsen do?
- Who was on trial during the Dachau trials?
- Who is yanek Gruener?
What happened to the guards at Belsen?
Three SS members had been shot trying to escape after the British took over the camp and one had committed suicide. Out of a total of 77 camp personnel arrested by the British in April, another 17 had died of typhus by 1 June 1945.
What happened to Irma Grese after the war?
After a nine-week trial, Grese was sentenced to death by hanging.
Where was Irma Grese tried?
After World War II ended, Grese was put on trial for war crimes at the Nuremberg Trials. She was convicted of crimes against humanity for the things she did at Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen. She was executed in 1945 at age 22.
What did the beast of Belsen do?
Dubbed the Beast of Belsen by camp inmates, he was a German Nazi war criminal, directly responsible for the deaths of thousands of people. He was detained by the British Army after the Second World War, convicted of war crimes and hanged on the gallows in the prison at Hamelin by British executioner Albert Pierrepoint.
Who was on trial during the Dachau trials?
Those tried at Dachau included concentration camp personnel and Nazi military and state officials, as well as ordinary German civilians accused of violations of the laws of war.
Who is yanek Gruener?
Yanek is the protagonist of Prisoner B-3087. Yanek's story is based on the real Yanek (Jack) Gruener's experiences during World War II. When the story begins in 1939, Yanek is living with his parents Oskar and Mina in Kraków, Poland when the Nazis invade.
