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She was called the “Hyena of Death.” At just twenty-one, Maja Buždon became one of the most feared guards of the Ustaša regime in Croatia’s Jasenovac camp.
Behind her calm appearance hid a woman who commanded torture, killings, and unimaginable cruelty toward women and children. This film uncovers how ordinary poverty and ideology turned a seamstress into one of the most brutal figures of fascist Europe—and how justice finally caught up with her.

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You can watch the full documentary about Maja Buždon on World History TV, in the film 'Cruelty Without Remorse: The Jasenovac Guard Maja Buždon’ 👉LINK in BIO 👈

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00:00Former prisoners described her as physically pretty, but cruel.
00:06Buschdorn behaved like a real soldier, always wore boots and had a revolver with her.
00:11She verbally abused, tortured and killed concentration camp inmates, mostly women,
00:17children and the elderly. She let the dogs on them and would beat them with batons and sticks.
00:23She would throw the women and children into solitary confinement without food
00:27and a bed on a bare floor. There, they died of hunger and disease.
00:34Buschdorn would become one of the most hated and feared guards in the camp,
00:37and she owed her infamous nickname, the Hyena of Death, to her cruelty and brutality.
00:43On one occasion, she tortured a little girl so much that she died as a result of the fear and
00:49torment she endured. The child's mother, who was forced to witness her daughter's torture,
00:54lost her mind, and for several days she was left with the body of her dead daughter.
01:00Then, she was suffocated.
01:05Discover the full story on worldhistory.tv
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