Karl-Otto Koch
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Karl-Otto Koch was a German military officer who was a mid-ranking commander in the Schutzstaffel (SS) of Nazi Germany, and the first commandant of the Nazi concentration camps at Buchenwald and Sachsenhausen. From September 1941 until August 1942, he served as the first commandant of the Majdanek concentration camp in German-occupied Poland, stealing vast amounts of valuables and money from murdered Jews. His wife, Ilse Koch, also participated in the crimes at Buchenwald.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Koch
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Darmstadt
- Place of death
- Buchenwald concentration camp
- Spouse
- Ilse Koch
- Occupation
- fascist
- Political party
- Nazi Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Field of work
- war crime
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- Imperial German Army
- Military rank
- Standartenführer
- Image
- Karl Koch in summer dress uniform.jpg
- Convicted of
- war crime
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- date of birth
- 1897-08-02
- date of death
- 1945-04-05
- member of
- Schutzstaffel
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- name in native language
- Karl Otto Koch
- allegiance
- Nazi Germany
- place of detention
- Buchenwald concentration camp
- commander of (DEPRECATED)
- Lublin-Majdanek concentration camp
- start of work period
- 1916-00-00
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- Commons category
- Karl Otto Koch
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