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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Karl-Otto_KochKarl-Otto Koch - Wikipedia

    Karl-Otto Koch. Karl-Otto Koch (German: [kɔx]; 2 August 1897 – 5 April 1945) was a mid-ranking commander in the Schutzstaffel (SS) of Nazi Germany who was 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 ...

  2. holocaustencyclopedia.com › historical-personKoch, Karl-Otto - Holocaust Encyclopedia

    Koch, Karl-Otto. Karl-Otto Koch (2 Aug. 1897 – 5 April 1945), SS Standartenführer, first headed the Esterwegen Camp in 1936, then became the first commandant of the Sachsenhausen Camp. In 1937, he was put in charge of the Buchenwald Camp, and in 1941 of the Majdanek Camp. In August 1942, Koch was arrested by the SS-internal police for crimes ...

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  4. www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org › karl-otto-kochKarl Otto Koch - Jewish Virtual Library

    Karl Otto Koch, a colonel of German Schutzstaffel (SS), was the first commandant of Buchenwald (from 1937 to 1941). In 1942, Otto and his wife Ilse received a punative transfer to Majdanek. In August 1943, Karl Koch was arrested by the Gestapo at the request of SS judge Josias Prince of Waldeck-Pyrmont.

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Buchenwald_concentration_campBuchenwald concentration camp - Wikipedia

    Buchenwald's first commandant was SS-Obersturmbannführer Karl-Otto Koch, who ran the camp from 1 August 1937 to July 1941. His second wife, Ilse Koch, became notorious as Die Hexe von Buchenwald ("the witch of Buchenwald") for her cruelty and brutality. In February 1940 Koch had an indoor riding hall built by the prisoners who died by the ...

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    Karl-Otto Koch (German: [kɔx]; 2 August 1897 – 5 April 1945) was a mid-ranking commander in the Schutzstaffel (SS) of Nazi Germany who was the first commandant of the Nazi concentration camps at Buchenwald and Sachsenhausen.

  8. de.wikipedia.org › wiki › Karl_Otto_KochKarl Otto Koch – Wikipedia

    Karl Otto Koch. Karl Otto Koch (* 2. August 1897 in Darmstadt; † 5. April 1945 im KZ Buchenwald) war ein deutscher SS-Führer und Lagerkommandant verschiedener deutscher Konzentrationslager. Er wurde schließlich von der SS wegen Mordes und mehrerer Wirtschaftsvergehen (Hehlerei, Betrug, Unterschlagung) angeklagt, zum Tode verurteilt und ...

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  10. encyclopedia.ushmm.org › content › enSachsenhausen: Key Dates | Holocaust Encyclopedia

    SS Major Karl Otto Koch replaces Lippert as camp commandant. November 9-10, 1938 During the nationwide Kristallnacht ("Night of Broken Glass") pogrom the SS and police arrest up to 30,000 Jews, deporting almost 6,000 to Sachsenhausen. September 1939