Ilse Koch

Known for

Acting

Born

September 22, 1906

Died

September 1, 1967

Birthplace

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.