Maria Mandl

Maria Mandl
Mandl after her extradition to Poland (1946)
Born	(1912-01-10)10 January 1912 Münzkirchen, Austria-Hungary
Died	24 January 1948(1948-01-24) (aged 36) Montelupich Prison, Kraków, Polish People's Republic
Cause of death	Execution by hanging
Other names	Maria Mandel The Beast
Political party	Nazi Party
Motive	Nazism
Conviction(s)	Crimes against humanity
Trial	Auschwitz trial
Criminal penalty	Death

Maria Mandl (also spelled Mandel; 10 January 1912 – 24 January 1948) was an Austrian SS-Helferin ("SS helper") and a war criminal known for her role in the Holocaust as a top-ranking official at the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp, where she is believed to have been directly complicit in the deaths of over 500,000 prisoners.^[1] She was executed for war crimes.