Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Ilse Koch across 2 places, from 1906 to 1947.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Margarete Ilse Koch (22 September 1906 – 1 September 1967) was a German war criminal who committed atrocities while her husband Karl-Otto Koch was the commandant at Buchenwald.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Ilse Koch was documented, and when
1906year
Dresdenattested“Koch was born Margarete Ilse Köhler in Dresden, Germany, in 1906.”source: Wikipedia: Ilse Koch
December 1944month
Buchenwald concentration campattested“While Ilse Koch was acquitted at the subsequent SS trial in December 1944, Karl was found guilty, sentenced to death, and ultimately executed at Buchenwald only days prior to its liberation.”source: Wikipedia: Ilse Koch
14 August 1947exact date
Buchenwald concentration campattested“Denson described her during the trial as "no woman in the usual sense but a creature from some other tortured world." Like each of her codefendants at the Buchenwald trial, Ilse Koch was ultimately found guilty by the court on 14 August…”source: Wikipedia: Ilse Koch
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Places Ilse Koch is documented in
Buchenwald concentration camp2 presences · 1944 to 1947
In each of these, a source puts Ilse Koch and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that Ilse Koch was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason:
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1934year
Dresdenmentioned“Through her social engagement with members of the local SS detachment in Dresden, she met her future husband, Karl-Otto Koch, in 1934.”source: Wikipedia: Ilse Koch
1936year
Sachsenhausen concentration campmentioned“In 1936, she followed Koch to Sachsenhausen concentration camp near Berlin, where he had been posted as Commandant.”source: Wikipedia: Ilse Koch
1936year
Berlinmentioned“In 1936, she followed Koch to Sachsenhausen concentration camp near Berlin, where he had been posted as Commandant.”source: Wikipedia: Ilse Koch
July 1937month
Sachsenhausenmentioned“In July 1937, Karl gave up his post at Sachsenhausen in order to establish and take command of Buchenwald.”source: Wikipedia: Ilse Koch
1943year
Buchenwald concentration campmentioned“While various objects fashioned from human skins were discovered in Buchenwald's pathology department at liberation, their connection to Koch was tenuous, given that she had not been at the camp since the summer of 1943.”source: Wikipedia: Ilse Koch
30 June 1945exact date
Ludwigsburgmentioned“She was arrested by American occupation authorities in Ludwigsburg on 30 June 1945, after being recognized on the street by a former inmate of Buchenwald.”source: Wikipedia: Ilse Koch
1947year
Dachaumentioned“The defendants would be tried by an American military court at Dachau in 1947 and be prosecuted by Lieutenant Colonel William Denson for the single charge of "participating in a common design to commit war crimes." According to this expa…”source: Wikipedia: Ilse Koch
October 1947month
Landsberg prisonmentioned“Koch gave birth to a son she named Uwe Köhler while incarcerated at Landsberg prison in October 1947.”source: Wikipedia: Ilse Koch
1949year
Landsberg prisonmentioned“Koch was immediately re-arrested following her release from Landsberg prison in 1949.”source: Wikipedia: Ilse Koch
22 April 1952exact date
Buchenwald concentration campmentioned“In its written judgment, the Augsburg court labeled Koch's crimes at Buchenwald particularly egregious because she "consciously suppressed any feeling of compassion and pity she had as a woman", and instead gave "free rein to her pursuit…”source: Wikipedia: Ilse Koch
1 September 1967exact date
Aichachmentioned“Koch hanged herself with a bed sheet at Aichach women's prison on 1 September 1967 at age 60.”source: Wikipedia: Ilse Koch
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