Men do not have a monopoly on doing evil acts. Throughout history there have been many women who acted in barbaric ways. Often, their acts were more evil than those of their male counterparts, as was the case with Irma Grese, proof that evil is not linked to gender but to personality.

Irma Ida Ilse Grese was an SS guard (in German, SSAufseherin) at the Ravensbrück and AuschwitzBirkenau concentration camps, as well as holding the position of head of the women's section at the BergenBelsen camp. During her career as a guard, Irma was known for her inhuman cruelty and her violent and even sadistic acts against the prisoners, earning her nicknames such as the Auschwitz Hyena or the Belsen Bitch.

However, the story behind this character transcends far beyond his years working in the fields.

Today, let's get to know the story of Irma Grese, considered today as one of the most evil women in history.


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• Rodriguez, M. (October 20, 2016). Cerca de 95% de los homicidas en todo el mundo son hombres… ¿Por qué las mujeres matan menos? (in Spanish). BBC. Retrieved from: https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias37...

• Vronsky, P. (2007). Female Serial Killers: How and Why Women Become Monsters. New York: Berkley Books. Available for download at: https://cloudflareipfs.com/ipfs/bafy...