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Ilse Koch

1906 - 1967

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Ilse Koch (22 September 1906 – 1 September 1967) was a German war criminal who committed atrocities while her husband Karl-Otto Koch was commandant at Buchenwald. Though Ilse Koch had no official position in the Nazi state, she became one of the most infamous Nazi figures at the war's end and was referred to as the "Kommandeuse of Buchenwald". Because of the egregiousness of her alleged actions, including that she had selected tattooed prisoners for death in order to fashion lampshades and other items from their skins, her 1947 U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ilse Koch is the 1,552nd most popular politician (down from 1,211th in 2019), the 399th most popular biography from Germany (down from 319th in 2019) and the 111th most popular German Politician.

Ilse Koch was a German woman who was the wife of Karl-Otto Koch, the Commandant of the Nazi concentration camp at Buchenwald. She was known for her love of collecting the tattoos from prisoners.

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Among politicians, Ilse Koch ranks 1,552 out of 19,576. Before her are Abaqa Khan, Aimery of Cyprus, Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia, Francis II Rákóczi, Daoguang Emperor, and Nigel Farage. After her are Rupert, King of Germany, Mago Barca, Bessus, Manuel Azaña, Emomali Rahmon, and Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Ilse Koch ranks 32. Before her are Roberto Rossellini, Hans Bethe, Léopold Sédar Senghor, Sayyid Qutb, Giuseppe Farina, and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. After her are Sergei Korolev, Hassan al-Banna, Hermann Fegelein, Léon Degrelle, Ed Gein, and Josef Kramer. Among people deceased in 1967, Ilse Koch ranks 19. Before her are Vladimir Komarov, Edward Hopper, Zoltán Kodály, Mir Osman Ali Khan, Clement Attlee, and Claude Rains. After her are André Maurois, Jack Ruby, Richard Kuhn, Ilya Ehrenburg, Gordon Allport, and Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ilse Koch ranks 399 out of 7,253. Before her are Maria Anna of Bavaria (1551), Samuel Hahnemann (1755), Gerhard Domagk (1895), Jürgen Klopp (1967), Helmuth Weidling (1891), and Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1864). After her are Rupert, King of Germany (1352), Max Bruch (1838), Wilhelm Maybach (1846), Einhard (770), Ernst Thälmann (1886), and Hans Georg Dehmelt (1922).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Ilse Koch ranks 111. Before her are Hermann Müller (1876), Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744), Valdemar I of Denmark (1131), Fritz Sauckel (1894), Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg (1655), and Maria Anna of Bavaria (1551). After her are Rupert, King of Germany (1352), Ernst Thälmann (1886), Chlodio (393), Maria of Yugoslavia (1900), Georg von Hertling (1843), and Kurt Georg Kiesinger (1904).

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