Alice Orlowski
German war criminal and Nazi concentration camp guard / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alice Orlowski (30 September 1903 – 21 May 1976)[1] was a German concentration camp guard at several of the Nazi concentration camps in German-occupied Poland (1939-1945) during World War II. After the war, a Polish court convicted of her crimes against humanity, and she served 10 years in prison in Poland. In 1973, Orlowski, now 70 and living as a pensioner in West Germany, muttered that only "half the work" had been finished, referring to the Holocaust. In response, she was arrested and sentenced to 10 months in prison for making antisemitic remarks.
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Alice Orlowski | |
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Born | Alice Minna Elisabeth Elling (1903-09-30)30 September 1903 |
Died | 21 May 1976(1976-05-21) (aged 72) |
Criminal status | Deceased |
Motive | Nazism |
Conviction(s) | Poland Crimes against humanity West Germany Incitement to racial hatred |
Trial | Auschwitz trial |
Criminal penalty | Poland 15 years imprisonment West Germany 10 months imprisonment |
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