Ilse Koch - Wikipedia
WEBIlse 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.
Ilse Koch, The Story Of One Of The Worst Villains Of The ...
WEBApr 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.
Ilse Koch | Nazi War Criminal | Britannica
WEBMar 19, 2024 · Ilse Koch (born September 22, 1906, Dresden, Germany—died September 2, 1967, Aichach, West Germany) was the German wife of a commandant (1937–41) of Buchenwald concentration camp, notorious for her perversion and cruelty.
‘No woman in the usual sense’: Ilse Koch, the ‘Bitch of ...
WEBSep 5, 2023 · Dressed up and with her head held high, Margarete Ilse Koch entered the courtroom. She was the only woman among 31 indicted for the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Buchenwald.
The “Witch of Buchenwald” is sentenced to prison - HISTORY
WEBNov 5, 2009 · Ilse Koch was tried for crimes against humanity at Nuremberg and sentenced to life in prison, but the American military governor of the occupied zone subsequently reduced her...
Witch of Buchenwald: Ilse Koch, the Most Evil Nazi Guard of ...
WEBOct 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.
Ilse Koch - Jewish Virtual Library
WEBIlse Koch was born in Dresden, Germany in 1906. A secretary by profession, Koch joined the Nazi party in 1932. Four years later, she married Karl Otto Koch (1897-1945), head of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, who in 1937 was assigned to build a new concentration camp in Buchenwald.
Koch, Ilse (1906–1967) | Encyclopedia.com
WEBKnown to the world as the "Witch of Buchenwald," Ilse Koch remains the incarnation of Nazi savagery. She was born Margarete Ilse Köhler in 1906 in Dresden, Germany, into a working-class, Lutheran family. After eight years of basic schooling, she found work in a bookstore, later securing a more permanent job as a secretary.
Ilse Koch - Wikiwand
WEBIlse Koch 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.
Ilse Koch on Trial — Harvard University Press
WEBApr 4, 2023 · In a stroke of genius, Jardim shows how the figure of Ilse Koch—popularly depicted as a bad wife, a worse mother, and a sexually threatening woman—helped frame the Holocaust as being, fundamentally, about psychological perversion and deviation from the gendered norms of civilization.
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