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Ilse Koch
Born 1906-09-22 · Dresden, Germany
Ilse Koch, born Margarete Ilse Köhler was the wife of Karl-Otto Koch commandant of the Nazi concentration camps Buchenwald (1937–1941) and Majdanek (1941–1943). In 1947, she became one of the first prominent Nazis tried by the U.S. military.
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10.0Documents the major trial of the Nazi war criminals and the violent acts that they were accused of.
Secrets of the Nazi Criminals
1963
3.0This documentary details the life and crimes of Ilse Koch, the Nazi woman who became notorious for her monstrous crimes against the prisoners of Buchenwald concentration camp, where her husband was a commander. Accused of embezzlement by her fellow Nazis during the war, Koch faced charges brought by three separate tribunals -- and grisly accusations that she collected the tattooed skin of murdered inmates.
The Bitch of Buchenwald
2009