- Was a supervisor at the Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen.
- In Hameln Jail, she was hanged by noted British executioner, Albert Pierrepoint on Friday, December 13, 1945.
- According to her executioner, Albert Pierrepoint, as she was being led to the gallows to be hung: "She walked out of her cell and came towards us laughing."; her last word was, "Schnell!" - ("Quickly!").
- The youngest woman to die judicially under English law in the 20th century.
- Tried for was crimes and sentenced to death and executed two months after her 22nd birthday.
- Born a farmers daughter.
- Full name: Irma Ida Ilse Grese.
- Nicknamed The Beautiful Beast.
- Served with the Nazi party from 1937 until 1945 and held the rank of SS-Helferin.
- Was the second highest ranking woman and Senior Supervisor at Auschwitz.
- Captured by the British on 17 April 1945.
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