She was sentenced to life imprisonment by the district court of. Hermine braunsteiner wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Hermine braunsteiner died on 19 april 1999 in bochum, germany. Hermine braunsteiner ryan july 16, 1919 april 19, 1999 was a female camp guard at ravensbruck and majdanek concentration camps, and the first nazi war criminal to be extradited from the united states, to face trial in germany. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the. Hermine lacked the means to fulfill her aspiration to become a nurse, and worked as a maid. Braunsteiner hermine ryan vienna, austria, 16 of july of 1919 bochum, germany, 19 of april of 1999 was a female concentration camp guard and the first war criminal nazi who was extradited from the united states. From 1937 to 1938 she worked in england for an american engineers household. Bachelorarbeit, masterarbeit, hausarbeit oder dissertation. Braunsteiner was born in vienna, the youngest child in a strictly observant roman catholic working class family. Ar 1981 domdes hon till livstids fangelse for brott mot manskligheten. After many revisions we can say that this plot summary of the reader tells you all the essential and important points of the entire story in under words. Ruth franklin writes that it was aimed specifically at the generation berthold brecht called the nachgeborenen, those who.
Her father friedrich braunsteiner was a chauffeur for a brewery andor a butcher. Hermine braunsteiner project gutenberg selfpublishing. Vintage international vintage books a division of random house, inc. She was born in vienna, the youngest child in a strictly observant roman catholic working class family. The story is a parable, dealing with the difficulties postwar german generations have had comprehending the holocaust. Hermine braunsteinerryan austriawiki im austriaforum. She was sentenced to life imprisonment by the district court of dusseldorf on april 30, 1981. Hermine braunsteiner ryan july 16, 1919 april 19, 1999 was a german ss helferin and female camp guard at ravensbruck and majdanek concentration camps, and the first nazi war criminal to be extradited from the united states, to face trial in germany. A professor of law at the university of berlin and a practicing judge, he is also the author of several prizewinning crime novels. He participated in person in painful and cruel deaths of women and.
Hermine braunsteiner, fodd 16 juli 1919 i wien, dod 19 april 1999 i bochum, var en osterrikisk lagervakt i ravensbruck och majdanek. And last week, after a fiveyear trial, she was convicted of murder as a guard in the maidanek concentration camp near lublin, poland, during world war ii. Well, it is always hard to present a good plot summary of an entire book. Hermine braunsteinerryan zeigte vor gericht keine regung oder gar reue. Following the publicity surrounding the extradition of hermine braunsteiner, the united states government established in 1979 the office of special investigations to search for war criminals and deprive them of nationality and extradite them. Braunsteiner was born in vienna, the youngest child in a strictly. But hermine braunsteiner ryan couldnt hide indefinitely and, finally found out, she was stripped of american citizenship in 1971 and deported in 1973. New york bernhard schlink t r a n s l a t e d f r o m t h e g e r m a n.
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