Luise Danz | |
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Born | |
Died | 21 June 2009 | (aged 91)
Citizenship | German |
Occupation | Concentration camp guard |
Criminal status | Deceased |
Motive | Nazism |
Conviction(s) | Crimes against humanity |
Trial | Auschwitz trial |
Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment |
Luise Danz (11 December 1917 – 21 June 2009)[1][2] was a Nazi concentration camp guard in World War II. Danz was captured in 1945 and put on trial for crimes against humanity at the Auschwitz trial in Kraków, Poland. She was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1947, but released due to general amnesty on 20 August 1957.[3][4]