Maria Mandl | |
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![]() Mandl after her extradition to Poland (1946) | |
Born | |
Died | 24 January 1948 | (aged 36)
Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
Other names | Maria Mandel The Beast |
Political party | Nazi Party |
Motive | Nazism |
Conviction(s) | Crimes against humanity |
Trial | Auschwitz trial |
Criminal penalty | Death |
Maria Mandl (also spelled Mandel; 10 January 1912 – 24 January 1948) was an Austrian SS-Helferin ("SS helper") and a war criminal known for her role in the Holocaust as a top-ranking official at the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp, where she is believed to have been directly complicit in the deaths of over 500,000 prisoners.[1] She was executed for war crimes.