On
this date, September 1, 1967, Ilse Koch, a female Nazi War Criminal, committed
suicide by hanging herself. I will post information about her from Wikipedia
and other links.
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| Ilse Koch, wife of Karl Koch who was commandant of the concentration camp at Buchenwald |
Born
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22 September 1906
Dresden, Saxony, German Empire |
Died
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1 September 1967 (aged 60)
Aichach, West Germany |
Nationality
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German
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Known for
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Ilse Koch
(German: [kɔχ]; née Margarete Ilse Köhler; 22
September 1906 – 1 September 1967) was the wife of Karl-Otto Koch, commandant
of the Nazi concentration camps Buchenwald (1937–1941) and Majdanek
(1941–1943). She was one of the first prominent Nazis to be tried by the U.S.
military.
After
the trial received worldwide media attention, survivor accounts of her actions
resulted in other authors describing her abuse of prisoners as sadistic, and
the image of her as "the concentration camp murderess" was current in
post-war German society. She was accused of taking souvenirs from the skin of
murdered inmates with distinctive tattoos. She was known as "The Witch of
Buchenwald" (Die Hexe von Buchenwald) by the inmates because of her
alleged cruelty and lasciviousness toward prisoners. She is also called in
English "The Beast of Buchenwald", "Queen of Buchenwald",
"Red Witch of Buchenwald", "Butcher Widow" and, more commonly,
"The Bitch of Buchenwald".
Early life
War crimes
First trial
Reduction of sentence
Second trial
Family
Death
In popular culture
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