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The beasts of Buchenwald : Karl & Ilse Koch, human-skin lampshades, and the war-crimes trial of the century
—Whitlock, Flint, author.
2011

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ISBN: 9781934980705

Edition: First edition.

Description: 323 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-305) and index.

Contents:

  • Before Buchenwald
  • The making of a Nazi
  • The ruler of Sachsenhausen
  • The commandant takes a wife
  • Hill of horrors
  • Ilse Koch, the tattoo lady
  • Applying the pressure
  • 1939: the year of no turning back
  • Escalation
  • How the mighty have fallen
  • The ruler of Maidanek
  • The end comes
  • Liberation at last
  • Further evidence
  • The trial begins
  • Pister takes the stand
  • The trial of Commandeuse Koch
  • Prosecutorial misconduct
  • Appeal and release
  • A trial at Augsburg, a death at Aichach.

LCCN: 2010943395

Control Number: 938709

Publisher: Brule, Wisconsin : Cable Publishing, 2011.
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