Ilse Koch
Surrounded by other Nazi defendants, Ilse Koch sits on trial by the US military in 1947. Koch was the second wife of Buchenwald Concentration Camp’s second commandant Karl Otto Koch who ran the camp from 1937 to 1941. Notorious for her cruelty, brutality and sadistic violence, she was dubbed the "Witch of Buchenwald".
She was one of the first prominent Nazis to be tried by the US military. At her trial she shocked the courtroom by announcing that at 41 years old she was 8 months pregnant. More shocking was that she had been kept in isolation with no contact with any men except the American interrogators, most of whom were Jewish. It took a 2nd trial in 1950 to convict Ilse Koch. She was given a life sentence. She committed suicide in 1967.
naim ur rehman says
These people were declared killers and world destroyers and all such type of stuff. had they won the war same words would have been given to the allies
naim ur rehman says
Who could imagine when this picture was taken that this man will be responsible for the demise of aggressor USA in the times to come
vincentjohn says
Bit of a crass comment really.Sure the Allies killed Germans but not a specific targetting of a religion, nor do I recall any concentration camps run by the Allies.I think you'll find that type of thing goes under war crimes,killing enemy in the cause of war is not a war crime.
vincentjohn says
Yes I have heard all that before but there is a huge amount of evidence to prove that is a deranged view .So....you just here to get bites then?
Byron Jones says
"Who could imagine when this picture was taken that this man will be responsible for the demise of aggressor USA in the times to come "
Well Mr. Rehman, don't hold your breath waiting.