20th-century Austrian Nazi concentration camp guard
Hermine Braunsteiner
Braunsteiner during her time in the SS
Born
(1919-07-16)July 16, 1919
Vienna, Republic of German-Austria
Died
April 19, 1999(1999-04-19) (aged 79)
Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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/branch
Schutzstaffel
Years of service
1939–1945
Rank
SS Helferin
Awards
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse, 1943
Other work
Hotel and restaurant worker Housewife
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]
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]
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^"Procesy zbrodniarzy (Trials of the war criminals) 1946–1948". Wykaz sądzonych członków załogi KL Lublin/Majdanek (The listing of defendants). KL Lublin. Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
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