Buchenwald subcamp). She was tried for war crimes with other SS personnel by a British court in the Ravensbrück trial in 1947. Binz was found guilty and sentenced to death. Hours after her death sentence was confirmed in April 1947, Binz attempted to kill herself by slashing her wrists. However, officials intervened before she could bleed to death. Binz was subsequently hanged at Hamelin Prison by British executioner Albert Pierrepoint on 2 May 1947. References Sources Information in this article comes from the following sources: Adele, Wendy & Sarti, Marie. Women and Nazis: Perpetrators of Genocide and Other Crimes During Hitler's Regime, 1933-1945. Academia Press, Palo Alto CA, 2011. Erpel, Simone. "Im Gefolge der SS": Aufseherinnen des Frauen-Konzentrationslagers Ravensbrück. Berlin, 2007. 1920 births 1947 deaths People from Templin People from the Province of Brandenburg Nazi Party members Female guards in Nazi concentration camps Executed German women Hamburg Ravensbrück trials executions Executed people from Brandenburg