Female Fascist Guards and Camp Auxiliaries
Cruelty Without Remorse: The Jasenovac Guard Maja Buždon
9m 20s
She was called the “Hyena of Death.” At just twenty-one, Maja Buždon became one of the most feared guards of the Ustaša regime in Croatia’s Jasenovac camp.
Behind her calm appearance hid a woman who commanded torture, killings, and unimaginable cruelty toward women and children. This film uncovers how ordinary poverty and ideology turned a seamstress into one of the most brutal figures of fascist Europe—and how justice finally caught up with her.
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Brutal Nazi Female Guard: Alice Orlow...
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