Karl-Otto Koch
German SS Military Regiment officer and first commandant of the Buchenwald and Sachsenhausen concentration camp (1897–1945)
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Lived 1897–1945, aged 48Germany
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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.
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