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Ilse Koch (22 September 1906 – 1 September 1967) was a German war criminal who committed atrocities while her husband Karl-Otto Koch was commandant at Buchenwald. Though Ilse Koch had no official position in the Nazi state, she became one of the most infamous Nazi figures at war's end.
Apr 12, 2016 · Known as "The Bitch of Buchenwald", Ilse Koch is alleged to have had prisoners murdered, then turned their skin into lampshades. Ilse Koch may not be as famous as the Holocaust’s ringleaders, but she was every bit as evil.
- Abby Norman
Jul 2, 2024 · Ilse Koch was the German wife of a commandant (1937–41) of Buchenwald concentration camp, notorious for her perversion and cruelty. On May 29, 1937, she married Karl Otto Koch, a colonel in the SS who was commander of the Sachsenhausen camp.
- Flint Whitlock
Sep 5, 2023 · Ilse Koch was the wife of a Nazi commandant of Buchenwald concentration camp and was accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. She was the only woman among 31 defendants in the US-run trials, and faced sensationalised and gendered media coverage.
- Olivera Simic
Oct 17, 2023 · Ilse Koch, known as the "Witch of Buchenwald," was one of the most vile women of the Holocaust. She ruled sadistically over the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald, where more than 50,000 Jews, Poles, and gypsies were murdered.
Nov 5, 2009 · Ilse Koch was the wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp and notorious for her cruelty and sadism. She was tried and convicted twice for crimes against humanity, but committed suicide in 1967.
Margarete Ilse Koch, geborene Köhler (* 22. September 1906 in Dresden; † 1. September 1967 im Frauengefängnis Aichach ), war die Ehefrau des Lagerkommandanten des KZ Buchenwald, Karl Otto Koch.
