Dorothea Binz

Dorothea Binz
Born(1920-03-16)16 March 1920
Försterei Dusterlake, Province of Brandenburg, Weimar Republic
Died2 May 1947(1947-05-02) (aged 27)
Hamelin Prison, Hamelin, Allied-occupied Germany
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
OccupationSupervisor at Ravensbrück concentration camp
Criminal statusExecuted
MotiveNazism
Sadism
ConvictionWar crimes
TrialHamburg Ravensbrück trials
Criminal penaltyDeath

Dorothea "Theodora" Binz (16 March 1920 – 2 May 1947) was a Nazi German officer and supervisor at Ravensbrück concentration camp during the Holocaust. She was known as one of the most brutal, ruthless and sadistic overseers in the Nazi system. She was executed for war crimes on 2 May 1947.

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