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On 15 April 1945, British forces liberated the concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen and uncovered one of the most horrific scenes of the Second World War. Among the captured camp personnel was Johanna Bormann, a female SS guard feared by prisoners as "The Woman with the Dogs." Born into poverty and deeply religious, Bormann began her camp career at Lichtenburg Concentration Camp before serving at Ravensbrück Concentration Camp, Auschwitz II-Birkenau, and finally Bergen-Belsen. Witnesses described her as one of the most brutal female guards in the Nazi camp system, notorious for savage beatings, selections, and using her German Shepherd to attack prisoners. This is the story of Johanna Bormann's rise through the Nazi concentration camp system, the suffering endured by her victims, the liberation of Bergen-Belsen, and the British trial that ultimately brought her to justice in 1945.  🎥 Watch the full documentary on WorldHistory.tv   “The Nazi Guard Known as “The Woman with the Dogs”: Johanna Bormann”   🔗 Link in bio & comments 👇  #history #ww2history #worldwarii #holocausteducation #historicalfacts

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00:00Johanna Bormann came to the women's section of Auschwitz-Birkenau in October 1942,

00:05and her supervisors included Maria Mandel, Margot Dreschel, and Irma Grezer.

00:10Despite being deeply religious and her prior experience looking after the sick,

00:14at Auschwitz-Birkenau she turned into a sadistic monster.

00:18According to the Holocaust survivor, Helena Kopper, Bormann was the most hated person in the camp.

00:24She remembered that on one occasion she saw Bormann approach a female prisoner

00:28who was walking towards the officers. Bormann stopped the woman and took something

00:32out of her pocket. She then hit the prisoner with her right hand and then clasping her by the hair

00:37threw the woman to the ground. Bormann was holding her German Shepherd by a strap in her left hand

00:43and when the woman was lying on the ground she let the dog go and it bit the woman severely.

00:50Discover the full story on worldhistory.tv

One of History's Most Notorious Guards - The Story of "The Woman with the Dogs"

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