Karl-Otto Koch

Karl-Otto Koch was a mid-ranking commander in the Schutzstaffel (SS) of Nazi Germany who was 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 occupied Poland, stealing vast amounts of valuables and money from murdered Jews. His wife, Ilse Koch, also participated with the crimes at Buchenwald. ^{Karl-Otto Koch, German SS officer (d. 1945)}

2 August 1897

Born on the same birth date (2 August 1897): Max Weber (Swiss politician)

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