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

Publication Info.	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2023.
	©2023

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Location	Call No.	Status
Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction	B ILSE, KOCH	Check Shelf
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	341.69 JARDIM	Check Shelf

Description	vi, 357 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	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.
Summary	"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject	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 -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
	Women war criminals -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
	Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
	Koch, Ilse, 1906-1967. (OCoLC)fst01717788
	Koch, Karl Otto, 1897-1945. (OCoLC)fst01689954
	Buchenwald (Concentration camp) (OCoLC)fst00726764
	Atrocities. (OCoLC)fst00820727
	Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration. (OCoLC)fst01114396
	Trials. (OCoLC)fst01156290
	War crime trials. (OCoLC)fst01170459
	War criminals. (OCoLC)fst01170469
	Women war criminals. (OCoLC)fst01178669
	Germany. (OCoLC)fst01210272
	Germany (West) (OCoLC)fst01210273
	World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
Chronological Term	1900-1999
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	ebook version : 9780674293090
ISBN	9780674249189 hardcover
	0674249186 hardcover
	9780674293090 electronic book

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