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Also known as Margarete Ilse Köhler, The Witch of Buchenwald, The Beast of Buchenwald, Queen of Buchenwald, Red Witch of Buchenwald, Butcher Widow, The Bitch of Buchenwald, Ilse Köhler

Margarete Ilse Koch was a German war criminal who committed atrocities while her husband Karl-Otto Koch was the commandant at Buchenwald. Though Ilse Koch had no official position in Nazi Germany, she became one of the most infamous Nazi figures at the war's end and was referred to as the "Kommandeuse of Buchenwald".

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Born: Margarete Ilse Köhler , ( 1906-09-22 ) 22 September 1906, Dresden , German Empire
Died: 1 September 1967 (1967-09-01) (aged 60), Aichach , West Germany
Cause of death: Suicide by hanging
Other names: The Bitch of Buchenwald The Witch of Buchenwald
Criminal status: Deceased
Spouse: Karl-Otto Koch ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1937 ; died 1945 )
Convictions: U.S. Military , War crimes (1947), West Germany , Incitement to murder , Incitement to attempted murder , Incitement to infliction of grievous bodily harm , Incitement to infliction of bodily harm (2 counts)
Criminal penalty: U.S. Military , Life imprisonment ; commuted to 4 years imprisonment (1947), West Germany , Life imprisonment (1951)