Ilse Koch on trial : making the Bitch of Buchenwald / Tomaz Jardim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jardim, Tomaz, 1974- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Koch, Karl Otto, 1897-1945.

Koch, Karl Otto.

Koch, Ilse, 1906-1967.

Koch, Ilse.

Buchenwald (Concentration camp)--Trials, litigation, etc.

Buchenwald (Concentration camp).

Women war criminals--Germany--History--20th century.

Women war criminals.

War criminals--Germany--History--20th century.

War criminals.

Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration--Germany--History--20th century.

Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration.

World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.

World War, 1939-1945.

War crime trials--Germany.

War crime trials.

War crime trials--Germany (West).

Dachau Trials, Dachau, Germany, 1945-1947.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2023]

Summary:

After WWII, Ilse Koch became known worldwide as the "Bitch of Buchenwald." She was assuredly guilty of atrocities, but the most sensational crimes ascribed to her by prosecutors and newspapers went unproven. Tomaz Jardim reveals how Koch's perceived betrayal of womanhood sealed her fate as a scapegoat for a society seeking absolution.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

1 Ilse Koch and the World of the Concentration Camps

2 Corruption, Murder, and the SS Trial of Ilse and Karl Koch

3 American Military Justice and the “Bitch of Buchenwald”

4 Clemency, Controversy, and the Koch Case in the US Senate

5 New Charges, New Challenges in a Divided Germany

6 The Augsburg Trial of Ilse Koch

7 The Long Years After

Epilogue

Abbreviations

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Jardim, Tomaz Ilse Koch on Trial

ISBN:

9780674293106

067429310X

9780674293090

0674293096

OCLC:

1371143904