3. Hildegard Lächert
‘Bloody Brigette’ & ‘Beast’
Beginning in 1942, at the age of 22 Lächert had served at Ravensbruck, Majdanek and Auschwitz. She was a former nurse and in the course of her brutal career she mothered three children. Following the Auschmitz Trial in 1947, she was sentenced to fifteen years in prison. Although she got released only nine later in 1956 her freedom did not last long. In 1975 she was convicted of participating in the selection process at the camps. One of the survivors testified that she was such a savage that “she struck until blood showed” which gave her the nickname “Bloody Brigitte”. She was also accused of releasing her dog onto inmates and therefore was sentenced to an additional twelve years.
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