Maria Mandl | The “Beast” of Auschwitz Whose Own Father Turned Her Away

This documentary uncovers the true story of Maria Mandl, the highest-ranking woman in the Nazi concentration camp system and head of the women’s camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Often confused online with Irma Grese, the real “Hyena of Auschwitz,” Mandl was known to prisoners as “the Beast.” We trace her journey from a quiet, anti-Nazi Catholic family in Münzkirchen, Austria, through Lichtenburg and Ravensbrück, to her rise under commandant Rudolf Höss. Discover the chilling contradiction of the woman who created the Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz and protected violinist Alma Rosé, yet took part in selections. Based on survivor testimony, the Kraków Auschwitz Trial records, and Susan Eischeid’s biography, this History Uncut feature separates verified fact from myth. A sober, accurate look at the Holocaust, female SS guards, justice, memory, and how an ordinary life turned monstrous #holocaustmemorial #ww2 #historyuncut