Erich Koch

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Nazi leader, war criminal, art collector (1896-1986)

Germany PoliticiansLived 1896 to 1986 · aged 90

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Erich Koch was a Gauleiter of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in East Prussia from 1 October 1928 until 1945. Between 1941 and 1945 he was Chief of Civil Administration of Bezirk Bialystok.

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Erich Koch (right) and Alfred Rosenberg (center) in Kiev, Reichskommissariat Ukraine

Erich Koch during his trial in Poland

Awards 8

1939Danzig Cross 1st Class

1938Honour Chevron for the Old Guard

1938East Prussia Gau Badge

193810 Year Honor Badge of the Schlageter Memorial Association

1937Nazi Party Long Service Award in Silver

1933Golden Party Badge

1932Nazi Party Long Service Award in Bronze

Golden Party Badge

Connected to Erich 6

Odilo GlobočnikAlso won Nazi Party Long Service Award in Bronze

Erich von dem Bach-ZelewskiAlso won Danzig Cross 1st Class

Hans Heinrich LammersAlso won Honour Chevron for the Old Guard

Walther FunkAlso won Golden Party Badge

Karl BrandtAlso won Golden Party Badge

Max AmannAlso won Nazi Party Long Service Award in Silver

About this person

Erich Koch was a Gauleiter of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in East Prussia from 1 October 1928 until 1945. Between 1941 and 1945 he was Chief of Civil Administration of Bezirk Bialystok. During this period, he was also the Reichskommissar in Reichskommissariat Ukraine from September 1941 until August 1944 and in Reichskommissariat Ostland from September 1944. After the Second World War, Koch stood trial in Poland and was convicted in 1959 of war crimes and sentenced to death. The sentence was later commuted to life in prison and Koch died of natural causes in his cell at the Barczewo prison on 12 November 1986.

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