Female War Criminals

This is not a complete list, by any means. It attempts, however, to be more diverse than the typical list of female war criminals. There are many more German National Socialist Workers Party female war criminals than are listed here. Because Germany was defeated at war it was possible to conduct full investigation into war crimes. Such is not the case for Communist regimes such as People’s Republic of China, Soviet Union, North Korea and others, where archives have not accessible.

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1700s-1800s – Dahomey female warriors – Dahomey (Benin)

1828 – Ranavalona the Cruel, Queen – Madagascar (*religion)

1919 – Russian Female Red Guard – Latvia

1919 – “Rosa of Kiev” – Russia/Ukraine (CHEKA)

1919+ – Vera Grebeniukova (aka Dora) – Odessa, Ukraine (CHEKA)

1919+ – Rozalia Zemliachka (Rozalia Samuilovna Zalkind) – Ukraine (CHEKA)
1919+ – Rebecca Platinina-Maisel – Arkhangelsk (CHEKA)

1944 – Piroska Dely – “Beast of the Arrow Cross” – Hungary
1945 – Johanna Altvater – Germany – Ukraine, Poland: “Holocaust of Bullets” (German National Socialism)

1945 – Hermine Braunsteiner – Concentration camp “free-lance killer” (German National Socialism)

1945 – Irma Grese – Concentration camp “free-lance killer” (German National Socialism)

1945 – Erna Petri – (German National Socialism)

1946 – Valentina Bilien – “Death panel“ nurse (German National Socialism)

1946 – Anna Katschenka – “Death panel“ nurse (German National Socialism)

1946 – Gerta Oberheuser – Doctor (German National Socialism)

1946 – Ella Schmidt, Liesel Bachor & Kathe Pisters – Official child care providers

1946 – Marianne Tuerk (Türk) & Margarethe Heubsch – “Death panel“ physicians

1961 – Sanette Balmir – Haiti (death squad)

1971 – Madame Max Adolphe – Haiti (*Political Serial Killer)

1975 – Ieng Thirith – Communist Cambodia (arrested 2007)

1992 – Martina Johnson – Liberia – 1992 “Operation Octopus”

1992 – Albina Terzic – (Croatian) Yugoslavia – convicted 2011

1992-3 – Azra Basic – “Bloody Azra” – (Croatian) Yugoslavia

1992-3 – Adisa Hodzic – (Croatian) Yugoslavia

1992-3 – Elfete Veseli – (Croatian) Yugoslavia

1992-3 – Indira Kameric – (Croatian) Yugoslavia

1992-3 – Elvira Hadziomerovic – (Croatian) Yugoslavia

1993 – Rasema  Handanovic – Yugoslavia – convicted 2012

1994 – Angeline Mukandutiye – Rwanda

1994 – Pauline Nyiramasuhuko – Rwanda

1996 – Astini (aka Bu Lakri) – Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia

2010 – Simone Gbagbo – Ivory Coast

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