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Karl Otto Koch

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Military Personnel

The Resume

    (August 2, 1897-April 5, 1945)
    Born in Darmstadt, Germany
    Colonel in the SS
    Commandant of the concentration camps at Esterwegen (1936), Sachsenhausen (1936-37), Buchenwald (1937-41) and Majdanek (1941-42)
    Married to 'Bitch of Buchenwald' Ilsa Koch

Why he might be annoying:

    His first marriage broke up over his infidelity.
    He had two hospital orderlies executed as 'political prisoners' to cover up the fact that they had treated him for syphilis.
    Another prisoner who knew about Koch's syphilis was 'shot while trying to escape'; he had actually been ordered to get water from a well outside the camp and was shot in the back when he went.
    He embezzled property stolen from the prisoners.
    He was tried by the Nazis on charges of corruption and murder and was sentenced to death for 'disgracing' the SS.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He earned the Iron Cross during World War I.
    He was relieved of command at Majdanek after 86 Soviet POWs escaped.
    He was executed by a firing squad.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 26 Votes: 80.77% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 73 Votes: 53.42% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 16 Votes: 18.75% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 32 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 45 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 26 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 30 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 28 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 65.00% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 51 Votes: 82.35% Annoying