What is Ilse Koch?
{{Infobox person | name = Ilse Koch | image = Ilse Koch.png | caption = | image_size = | nickname = The Witch of Buchenwald | burial_place = Unknown | nationality = German | citizenship = German | birth_name = Margarete Ilse Köhler | birth_date = {{birth date|1906|9|22|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Dresden]], [[Kingdom of Saxony|Saxony]], [[German Empire]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1967|9|1|1906|9|22|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Aichach]], [[West Germany]] | death_cause = Suicide by hanging | resting_place = Unknown | party = National Socialist German Workers Party “Nazi Party” | movement = National Socialism “Nazism” | criminal_charges = War Crimes,Crimes Against Humanity | criminal_penalty = Life Imprisonment | criminal_status = Dead by Suicide (1967) | spouse = [[Karl-Otto Koch]] <br> <small>(1937-1945, his death)</small> | years_active = 1936-1945 (as wife of Karl Otto Koch) | era = Nazi Era | organization = Nazi Party (1932-1945) | known_for = {{unbulleted list |Atrocities committed at [[Buchenwald concentration camp|Buchenwald]] and [[Majdanek concentration camp|Majdanek]] concentration camps |Wife of camp commandant |chief overseer}} | notable_works = Disgusting Objects of dead prisoners }} '''Ilse Koch''' (22 September 1906 – 1 September 1967), was the wife of [[Karl-Otto Koch]]. (Before getting married, Koch's [[maiden name]] was Margarete Ilse Köhler.) During [[World War II]], Karl-Otto Koch was the ''Commandant'' (commander) of the [[Nazi concentration camps]] at [[Sachsenhausen concentration camp|Sachsenhausen]], [[Buchenwald concentration camp|Buchenwald]], and finally [[Majdanek concentration camp|Majdanek]]. In 1947, Ilse Koch became one of the first important [[Nazi]]s to be [[trial|tried]] by the [[United States Military]]. [[Mass media]] around the world covered Ilse Koch's [[tri