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Maria Mandl

1912 - 1948

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Maria Mandl (sometimes erroneously spelled Mandel; 10 January 1912 – 24 January 1948) was an Austrian-born Holocaust perpetrator who was the Lagerführerin (camp leader) of the Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp from 1942 until her arrest in 1945. Born in Austria-Hungary, Mandl moved to Munich in 1938 after the annexation of Austria. There, she began working as a guard at the Lichtenburg concentration camp at the suggestion of her uncle. She quickly adapted to her role as an Aufseherin (overseer), subjecting prisoners to fatal beatings and whippings. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Mandl is the 2,220th most popular politician (up from 2,556th in 2019), the 148th most popular biography from Austria (up from 176th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Austrian Politician.

Maria Mandl was a German-Austrian woman who claimed to have been the only survivor of a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. Mandl was imprisoned in the Ravensbrück concentration camp for over three years, where she was subjected to forced labor, starvation, and torture. In 1945, she was liberated by the Soviet army.

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Among politicians, Maria Mandl ranks 2,220 out of 19,576. Before her are Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, Ioannis Kapodistrias, Injong of Joseon, John V of Portugal, and Nikolai Podgorny. After her are Prince Napoléon Bonaparte, Chiang Ching-kuo, Zimri-Lim, Akhmad Kadyrov, Magnus IV of Sweden, and Jang Song-thaek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Maria Mandl ranks 30. Before her are Chuck Jones, Ghazi of Iraq, Heinrich Harrer, B. D. Jatti, Hanna Reitsch, and Glenn T. Seaborg. After her are Roy Sullivan, Sergiu Celibidache, Edward Mills Purcell, Tibor Sekelj, Leonid Kantorovich, and Adolf Galland. Among people deceased in 1948, Maria Mandl ranks 24. Before her are Tamam Shud case, Nikolai Berdyaev, Karl Brandt, Theodor Morell, Folke Bernadotte, and Arthur Liebehenschel. After her are Ruth Benedict, Jan Masaryk, Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta, Johannes Blaskowitz, Karl Gebhardt, and Babe Ruth.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Maria Mandl ranks 148 out of 1,424. Before her are Dietrich Mateschitz (1944), Roland Ratzenberger (1960), Ernest, Duke of Austria (1377), Gustav Meyrink (1868), Helmut Berger (1944), and Karl Böhm (1894). After her are Albert III, Duke of Austria (1349), Ernst Happel (1925), Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1796), Ivan Illich (1926), Maria Leopoldina of Austria (1797), and Frederick the Fair (1289).

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Among POLITICIANS In Austria

Among politicians born in Austria, Maria Mandl ranks 52. Before her are Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans (1633), Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (1742), Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein (1760), Maria Josepha of Austria (1699), Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria (1745), and Ernest, Duke of Austria (1377). After her are Albert III, Duke of Austria (1349), Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1796), Frederick the Fair (1289), Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1718), Nikola IV Zrinski (1508), and Rudolf I of Bohemia (1281).

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