Karl Otto Koch

Karl Otto Koch (August 2, 1897 – April 5, 1945), a colonel in the German Schutzstaffel (SS), was the first commandant of the Nazi concentration camp at Buchenwald (from 1937 to 1941), and later at Lublin (Majdanek camp). Before he joined the SS, he had been a banker. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 207 × 289 pixelsFull resolution (207 × 289 pixel, file size: 10 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Picture of Karl Otto Koch (Nazi concentration commandant) in uniform. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 207 × 289 pixelsFull resolution (207 × 289 pixel, file size: 10 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Picture of Karl Otto Koch (Nazi concentration commandant) in uniform. ... August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday. ... “SS” redirects here. ... National Socialism redirects here. ... It has been suggested that Internment be merged into this article or section. ... Slave laborers in the Buchenwald concentration camp (Elie Wiesel is second row, seventh from left). ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... For other uses, see Lublin (disambiguation). ... Majdanek in the winter, 2005 Majdanek is the site of a German Nazi concentration and extermination camp, roughly 2. ...

His wife was Ilse Koch, whom he married in 1936, better known as "The Witch of Buchenwald" (Die Hexe von Buchenwald), usually rendered more alliteratively in English as "The Bitch of Buchenwald." When Koch was transferred to Buchenwald, Ilse was appointed an Oberaufseherin (overseer) by the SS and thus had an active, official role in the atrocities committed there. Allegedly, she ordered gloves and lampshades made from the skin of camp prisoners, and Karl and Ilse decorated the Koch family dinner table with shrunken heads.[1] Collection of prisoners tattoos Ph Jules Rouard -Buchenwald 1945 Ilse Koch, née Ilse Kohler Schnitzel (September 22, 1906 – September 1, 1967), was the wife of Karl Koch, the commandant of the concentration camp Buchenwald. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

According to The Buchenwald Report, Col. Koch was arrested in August 1944 by the Gestapo for forgery, embezzlement, mismanagement, and insubordination. The prosecutor was SS judge Konrad Morgen. 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Konrad Morgen was an SS judge. ...

After an investigation and trial that determined Koch had ordered Walter Krämer and his medical assistant Peix killed, to prevent their discussing the fact they had treated him for syphilis. Koch was condemned to death, and executed by firing squad on April 5, 1945, one week before Americans arrived. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by spirochaete bacterium, Treponema pallidum. ... Execution by firing squad is a method of capital punishment, especially in times of war. ... April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday. ...

Acquitted by Morgen, Ilse Koch was sentenced after the war to life in prison. She hanged herself in prison in 1967. 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ...