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Hermine Braunsteiner

1919 - 1999

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Hermine Braunsteiner Ryan (July 16, 1919 – April 19, 1999) was an Austrian SS Helferin and female camp guard at Ravensbrück and Majdanek concentration camps. She was the first Nazi war criminal to be extradited from the United States to face trial in West Germany. Braunsteiner was known to prisoners of Majdanek concentration camp as the "Stomping Mare" and was said to have beaten prisoners to death, thrown children by their hair onto trucks that took them to be murdered in gas chambers, hanged young prisoners and stomped an old prisoner to death with her jackboots. Braunsteiner was convicted for her complicity and collaborating in murders of over 1,000 people during the Holocaust. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hermine Braunsteiner is the 107th most popular extremist (down from 73rd in 2019), the 399th most popular biography from Austria (down from 307th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Austrian Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Hermine Braunsteiner ranks 107 out of 283. Before her are Monika Ertl, Michel Fourniret, Matija Gubec, Armin Meiwes, Bobby Joe Long, and Ma Barker. After her are Oskar Gröning, Therese Brandl, Joachim Kroll, Henry Lee Lucas, Leonarda Cianciulli, and Wadie Haddad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Hermine Braunsteiner ranks 78. Before her are Kiichi Miyazawa, Gillo Pontecorvo, Liberace, Bob Paisley, Archduke Rudolf of Austria, and Art Blakey. After her are Pierre Soulages, George Wallace, Christoph Probst, Joe Weider, Héctor Germán Oesterheld, and François Périer. Among people deceased in 1999, Hermine Braunsteiner ranks 65. Before her are Dusty Springfield, Victor Mature, Gyula Zsengellér, Edward Dmytryk, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, and Charlotte Perriand. After her are Paul Bowles, Igor Netto, Barış Manço, Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, Viacheslav Chornovil, and Ri Jong-ok.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Hermine Braunsteiner ranks 399 out of 1,424. Before her are Leopold Fitzinger (1802), Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy (1714), Christine Kaufmann (1945), Gordon Gollob (1912), Wirich Philipp von Daun (1669), and Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg (1902). After her are Mizzi Kaspar (1864), Hieronymus von Colloredo (1732), Marlen Haushofer (1920), Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall (1774), Archduchess Mathilda of Austria (1849), and Archduchess Louise of Austria (1870).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Austria

Among extremists born in Austria, Hermine Braunsteiner ranks 2. Before her are Amon Göth (1908). After her are Jack Unterweger (1951), Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley (1897), and Jan-Carl Raspe (1944).

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