Koch Karl Otto

  • Koch, Karl-Otto
  • Koch, Karl 1897-1945
  • Koch, Karl Otto 1897-1945
  • Koch, Karl Otto, 1897-1945
Identifier
000221
Type of Entity
Person

Dates of Existence

02/08/1897

05/04/1945

History

KZ-Kommandant, SS-Standartenführer. Since 1935 head of the Wachtrupp of Esterwegen concentration camp, commander (Kommandant) of Columbiahaus in Berlin, since April 1936 commander of Esterwegen concentration camp. Since Aug 1, 1937 commander of Buchenwald, January to August 1942 commander of Lublin-Majdanek death camp.

Places

  • Darmstadt, Germany

  • Buchenwald,camp

Sources

  • Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich / E. Klee. - Frankfurt am Main : S. Fischer, 2003. - p. 323-324