Ilse Koch

Ilse 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... Wikipedia

  • Born:  Margarete Ilse Köhler, September 22, 1906, Dresden, Germany
  • Age at death:  60 years
  • Died:  September 1, 1967, Aichach, West Germany
  • Cause of death:  Hanging (suicide)
  • Other names:  The Bitch of Buchenwald, The Witch of Buchenwald
  • Known for:  Atrocities committed at Buchenwald, Wife of camp commandant Karl-Otto Koch
  • Criminal penalty:  U.S. Military, Life imprisonment, commuted to 4 years imprisonment (1947), West Germany, Life imprisonment (1951)
  • Criminal status:  Deceased
  • Children:  4
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo