12 Facts About Juana Bormann

Juana Bormann was executed as a war criminal at Hamelin after a court trial in 1945.

At her trial, Juana Bormann said she had joined the Auxiliary SS, on 1 March 1938, as a civilian employee "to earn more money".

Juana Bormann first served at the Lichtenburg concentration camp in Saxony under SS Oberaufseherin Jane Bernigau with 49 other SS women.

In March 1942, Juana Bormann was one of a handful of women selected for guard duty at Auschwitz in occupied Poland.

In October 1942, Juana Bormann went to Auschwitz-Birkenau as an Aufseherin.

Juana Bormann's supervisors included Maria Mandel, Margot Dreschel, and Irma Grese.

Juana Bormann was eventually moved to Budy, a nearby subcamp where she continued her abuse of prisoners.

In 1944, as German losses mounted, Juana Bormann was transferred to the auxiliary camp at Hindenburg in Silesia.

Juana Bormann was later incarcerated and interrogated by the British, then prosecuted at the Belsen Trial, which lasted from 17 September 1945 to 17 November 1945.

Juana Bormann denied all of the charges, only admitting to slapping prisoners with her hands to discipline them.

Juana Bormann was found guilty, and hanged on 13 December 1945.

Juana Bormann was trembling as she was put on the scale.