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Dorothea Binz
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| Born | 16 March 1920 Försterei Dusterlake, Province of Brandenburg, Weimar Republic
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| Died | 2 May 1947 (aged 27) Hamelin Prison, Hamelin, Allied-occupied Germany
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| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Supervisor at Ravensbrück concentration camp |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Conviction(s) | War crimes |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
Dorothea Binz (16 March 1920 – 2 May 1947) was a Nazi German officer and supervisor at Ravensbrück concentration camp during the Holocaust. She was executed for war crimes on May 2, 1947.
Early life
Born to a lower middle-class German family in Försterei Dusterlake, Brandenburg, Germany, Binz attended school until she was 15.
Capture and execution
Binz fled Ravensbrück during the death march, but was captured on 3 May 1945 by the British in Hamburg, and incarcerated in the Recklinghausen camp (formerly a Buchenwald subcamp). She was tried for war crimes with other SS personnel by a British court in the Ravensbrück trial in 1947. Binz was found guilty and sentenced to death. Binz was hanged at Hamelin Prison by British executioner Albert Pierrepoint on May 2, 1947.
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