Hermine Braunsteiner
20th-century Austrian Nazi concentration camp guard / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hermine Braunsteiner Ryan (July 16, 1919 – April 19, 1999) was a Nazi Austrian SS Helferin and female camp guard at Ravensbrück and Majdanek concentration camps, and the first Nazi war criminal to be extradited from the United States to face trial in West Germany.[1][2] Braunsteiner was known to prisoners of Majdanek concentration camp as the "Stomping Mare" and was said to have beaten prisoners to death, thrown children by their hair onto trucks that took them to be murdered in gas chambers, hanged young prisoners and stomped an old prisoner to death with her jackboots.[3][4][5]
Hermine Braunsteiner | |
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Born | (1919-07-16)July 16, 1919 |
Died | April 19, 1999(1999-04-19) (aged 79) |
Other names | Mare of Majdanek (Stute von Majdanek) |
Criminal status | Deceased |
Spouse | Russel Ryan |
Conviction(s) | Austria Crimes against humanity West Germany Murder (1080 counts) Accessory to murder (102 counts) |
Trial | Majdanek trials |
Criminal penalty | Austria 3 years imprisonment West Germany Life imprisonment |
SS career | |
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Service/ | Schutzstaffel |
Years of service | 1939–1945 |
Rank | SS Helferin |
Awards | Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse, 1943 |
Other work | Hotel and restaurant worker Housewife |
Braunsteiner was convicted for her complicity in murders of over 1,000 people during the Holocaust, and sentenced to life imprisonment by the District Court of Düsseldorf on April 30, 1981. She was released on health grounds in 1996, and died three years later.[6]