Ilse Koch on trial : making the "Bitch of Buchenwald" /
Jardim, Tomaz, 1974-
Ilse Koch on trial : making the "Bitch of Buchenwald" / Tomaz Jardim. - vi, 357 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ilse Koch and the World of the Concentration Camps -- Corruption, Murder, and the SS Trial of Ilse and Karl Koch -- American Military Justice and the "Bitch of Buchenwald" -- Clemency, Controversy, and the Koch Case in the U.S. Senate -- New Charges, New Challenges in a Divided Germany -- The Augsburg Trial of Ilse Koch -- The Long Years After.
"After WWII, Ilse Koch became known worldwide as the Bitch of Buchenwald. Yet, while she was guilty of atrocities, the most sensational crimes and sexual perversions ascribed to her by courts and newspapers never happened. Tomaz Jardim reveals how Koch's perceived betrayal of womanhood sealed her fate as a scapegoat for a society seeking absolution"--
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020956553 Uk
Koch, Ilse, 1906-1967.
Koch, Karl Otto, 1897-1945.
Buchenwald (Concentration camp)--Trials, litigation, etc.
War crime trials--Germany.
Dachau Trials, Dachau, Germany, 1945-1947.
War crime trials--Germany (West)
World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.
War criminals--History--Germany--20th century.
Women war criminals--History--Germany--20th century.
Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration--History--Germany--20th century.
Ilse Koch on trial : making the "Bitch of Buchenwald" / Tomaz Jardim. - vi, 357 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ilse Koch and the World of the Concentration Camps -- Corruption, Murder, and the SS Trial of Ilse and Karl Koch -- American Military Justice and the "Bitch of Buchenwald" -- Clemency, Controversy, and the Koch Case in the U.S. Senate -- New Charges, New Challenges in a Divided Germany -- The Augsburg Trial of Ilse Koch -- The Long Years After.
"After WWII, Ilse Koch became known worldwide as the Bitch of Buchenwald. Yet, while she was guilty of atrocities, the most sensational crimes and sexual perversions ascribed to her by courts and newspapers never happened. Tomaz Jardim reveals how Koch's perceived betrayal of womanhood sealed her fate as a scapegoat for a society seeking absolution"--
9780674249189 0674249186
2022025532
GBC329800 bnb
020956553 Uk
Koch, Ilse, 1906-1967.
Koch, Karl Otto, 1897-1945.
Buchenwald (Concentration camp)--Trials, litigation, etc.
War crime trials--Germany.
Dachau Trials, Dachau, Germany, 1945-1947.
War crime trials--Germany (West)
World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.
War criminals--History--Germany--20th century.
Women war criminals--History--Germany--20th century.
Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration--History--Germany--20th century.