Irma Grese and Otto Skorzeny...2 infamous characters from WWII history!
If you know rock music, and listen to Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath wrote the song War Pigs, I am convinced they had these two characters in mind.
This the story of Irma Grese, a nightmarish player from the Nazi war machine, and Otto Skorzeny, who remained a free man after WWII ended in 1945. We still, have no idea how he pulled that one off! While Irma Grese was hounding prisoners in Hitler's concentration camps, and depriving people of their freedoms, and souls. Otto Skorzeny was rising through the ranks of the Nazi war machine, and doing all he could lamenting his path to his destiny he carved a path for. Both truly frightening, and terrifying characters in their own ways.
So, strap on your boots, grab your pipe, and settle on in for a journey into WWII history. Imagine yourself surrounded by your fellow prisoners as Irma Grese wanders through the crowd looking for her next torture victim, a truly terrifying experience, one we cannot imagine. Or, join Otto Skorzeny as he grabs his SS Nazi goons to attempt a daring rescue of another war criminal, Mussolini...yup, that happened!
These 2 stories are nothing but trembling, terrifying, and full of bewilderment...so many questions remain.
Here are some noteworthy links:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Otto-Skorzeny
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irma_Grese
From the Detective's Corner:
Senate Intelligence Committee - Interrogation Program
https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/publications/CRPT-113srpt288.pdf
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