คาร์ล อ็อทโท ค็อค
Also known as The Concentration Camp Butcher
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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- 1897-08-02
- date of death
- 1945-04-05
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- Karl Otto Koch
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- 1916-00-00
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1897 births1945 deathsBuchenwald concentration camp personnelExecuted German mass murderersExecuted Nazi concentration camp commandantsGerman Army personnel of World War IGerman people who died in Buchenwald concentration campGerman prisoners of war in World War IHolocaust perpetrators in GermanyHolocaust perpetrators in PolandLichtenburg concentration camp personnel