On 15 April 1945, British forces liberated the concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen and uncovered one of the most horrific scenes of the Second World War. Among the captured camp personnel was Johanna Bormann, a female SS guard feared by prisoners as "The Woman with the Dogs."

Born into poverty and deeply religious, Bormann began her camp career at Lichtenburg Concentration Camp before serving at Ravensbrück Concentration Camp, Auschwitz II-Birkenau, and finally Bergen-Belsen. Witnesses described her as one of the most brutal female guards in the Nazi camp system, notorious for savage beatings, selections, and using her German Shepherd to attack prisoners.

This is the story of Johanna Bormann's rise through the Nazi concentration camp system, the suffering endured by her victims, the liberation of Bergen-Belsen, and the British trial that ultimately brought her to justice in 1945.