What was Ilse Koch's maiden name?
Q: What was Ilse Koch's maiden name?
A: Ilse Koch's maiden name was Margarete Ilse Köhler.
Q: What concentration camps did Karl-Otto Koch command during World War II?
A: During World War II, Karl-Otto Koch commanded the Nazi concentration camps at Sachsenhausen, Buchenwald, and Majdanek.
Q: When was Ilse Koch tried by the United States Military?
A: In 1947, Ilse Koch became one of the first important Nazis to be tried by the United States Military.
Q: How did survivors of Buchenwald and Majdanek describe her behavior towards prisoners?
A: Survivors of Buchenwald and Majdanek said that she enjoyed abusing prisoners at the camps; for example they said she used to like beating prisoners with her riding crop and making them do exhausting exercise because she liked watching them suffer.
Q: How did people in Germany view Ilse Koch after the war?
A: In Germany after the war, people viewed Ilse Koch as "the concentration camp murderess."
Q: What nickname did prisoners give her at the concentration camps?
A: The prisoners at the concentration camps called her Die Hexe von Buchenwald ("The Witch of Buchenwald").
Q: What other nicknames has she been given in English?
A:In English, she has also been called "The Beast of Buchenwald," "The Queen of Buchenwald," "The Red Witch of Buchenwald," "The Butcher Widow," and most often "The Bitch of Buchenwald."
