Buchenwald

Ilse Koch

Ilse Koch

Ilse Koch, wife of Karl Koch (Buchenwald commandant), born 22 September 1906 in Dresden, worked as a guard and secretary at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, reportedly collected items made of human skin, nicknamed: “the Bitch of Buchenwald”, arrested with her husband by SS authorities in 1943 on charges of private enrichment, embezzlement, and the murder of prisoners to prevent them giving testimony but charges dismissed due to lack of evidence,^[convicted of crimes against German nationals in 1951, sentenced to life imprisonment by a West German court, committed suicide in prison by hanging herself with a bed sheet 1 September 1967 at the Aichach prison near Dachau, Bavaria, buried in an unmarked and untended grave in the cemetery at Aichach, reported last words on the day of her death were:

“Death is the only deliverance.”

Ilse KochFrench MacLean2016-03-29T11:52:10-05:00

Grave of Hannes Eisele (Located after publication)

Grave of Hannes Eisele at the Old German Cemetery in Cairo, Egypt. He died in Cairo on May 3, 1967 after escaping from Germany following his release from a Life sentence.

Grave of Hannes Eisele (Located after publication)French MacLean2015-08-31T20:00:37-05:00

SS-Standartenführer Arthur Rödl, Lichtenburg, Sachsenburg, Buchenwald & Gross-Rosen

SS-Standartenführer Arthur Rödl served in four concentration camps, commanding Lichtenburg and Gross-Rosen, before committing suicide in April 1945.

SS-Standartenführer Arthur Rödl, Lichtenburg, Sachsenburg, Buchenwald & Gross-RosenFrench MacLean2015-08-31T20:08:49-05:00

SS-Hauptsturmführer Dr. Hannes Eisele, Dachau, Mauthausen, Buchenwald & Natzweiler

SS-Hauptsturmführer Dr. Hannes Eisele arrested after the war.

SS-Hauptsturmführer Dr. Hannes Eisele, Dachau, Mauthausen, Buchenwald & NatzweilerFrench MacLean2015-09-09T19:51:52-05:00

Camp Men Sample Page

The Camp Men Sample Page

Camp Men sample page. The information for each officer is presented in tabular format and includes the National Archive File microfilm roll number.

Camp Men Sample PageThe Fifth Field2015-09-09T20:00:28-05:00

SS-Sturmbannführer Hans Hüttig, Natzweiler, Herzogenbusch, Buchenwald & Flossenbürg

Hans Hüttig

Kommandant at Natzweiler (1942) and Herzogenbusch (1943-1944.) He also served in four other camps during his career. About 17,000 persons died at Natzweiler during the war, while the number, who died at Herzogenbusch remains unknown. At the end of the war, was assigned to the 34th SS Division. He was sentenced to Life imprisonment but was released in 1956. He died in 1980.

SS-Sturmbannführer Hans Hüttig, Natzweiler, Herzogenbusch, Buchenwald & FlossenbürgThe Fifth Field2015-09-09T20:11:20-05:00