Ilse Koch

Ilse Koch

Born

September 22, 1906

Died

September 1, 1967 (60 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

Dresden, Germany

Ilse Koch, born Margarete Ilse Köhler was the wife of Karl-Otto Koch commandant of the Nazi concentration camps Buchenwald (1937–1941) and Majdanek (1941–1943). In 1947, she became one of the first prominent Nazis tried by the U.S. military.