# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-otto-koch
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:31:22.054Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-otto-koch"
name: "Karl-Otto Koch"
slug: "karl-otto-koch"
description: "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."
tagline: "German SS Military Regiment officer and first commandant of the Buchenwald and Sachsenhausen concentration camp (1897–1945)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karl_Koch_in_summer_dress_uniform.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1897-08-02"
deathDate: "1945-04-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.54
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.342464
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump