Ilse Koch

Born

1906-09-22

Died

1967-09-01

Birthplace

Dresden, Germany

Biography

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.