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Also Known As Ilse Köhler • Hexe von Buchenwald • Witch of Buchenwald
Born September 22, 1906 • Germany
Died September 2, 1967 (aged 60) • Germany
Notable Family Members spouse Karl Otto Koch
Role In Holocaust

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“Witch of Buchenwald”
Ilse Koch
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Hermann Göring
Hermann Göring
German political leader and convicted war criminal
Adolf Eichmann listening to an Israeli court's verdict
Adolf Eichmann
German military official
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Karl Otto Koch
German Nazi commandant
Pister, Hermann
Hermann Pister
German SS officer
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Klaus Barbie
Nazi leader
Black and white identification document featuring a portrait of John Demjanjuk, a young man with short hair in a dark buttoned shirt, surrounded by handwritten and typed text in German and Russian.
John Demjanjuk
Ukrainian-born automobile worker
Kaltenbrunner, Ernst
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Austrian Nazi
Portrait of Adolf Hitler in a collared shirt and tie, facing forward with a serious expression, circa 1933.
Adolf Hitler
dictator of Germany
Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Himmler
German Nazi leader
Reinhard Heydrich
Reinhard Heydrich
German Nazi official
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Geoffrey H. Hartman
American literary critic
Josef Mengele
Josef Mengele
German physician
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Rudolf Franz Höss
German Nazi commandant
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Josef Kramer
Nazi commander
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Amon Göth
Austrian Nazi officer
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Zygmunt Bauman
Polish-born sociologist
Kesselring
Albert Kesselring
German field marshal
Portrait of German diplomat Joachim von Ribbentrop in formal attire, looking directly at the camera with a neutral expression.
Joachim von Ribbentrop
German diplomat
Martin Bormann
Martin Bormann
German Nazi leader
Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Alfried
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
German industrialist