The goal of the work was to find the motives of female supervisors from German Nazi concentration camps in committing brutal crimes. The author analyzes cultural and biological factors hindering women’s use of violence and reviews criminological theories on women’s crime. It showed that female supervisors did not come from pathological backgrounds, and looked for factors that affected all women recruited to serve in the camp. The author concludes that while young age or economic hardship were important elements, the most significant role was played by the system, which with its aggressive indoctrination, legalization, and glorification of violence against specific groups, and the creation of a network of camps, created situations conducive to the commission of crimes. In addition, the author, citing social experiments, proves that the phenomenon of the Holocaust can be repeated, as it is due to the nature of man.