The Beasts of Buchenwald: Karl & Ilse Koch, Human-Skin Lampshades, and the War-Crimes Trial of the Century (The Buchenwald Trilogy) - Hardcover

Whitlock, Flint

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1934980706 ISBN 13: 9781934980705

Publisher: Cable Pub, 2011

Synopsis

How was it possible that Karl and Ilse Koch, a seemingly ordinary couple who ran Nazi Germany's most infamous concentration camp, could have been loving parents while brutalizing prisoners and committing some of the worst atrocities known to mankind? This searing account by one of America's leading military historians exposes the whole ghastly story.

About this title

About the Author:

Military historian Flint Whitlock is a former Army officer now living in Denver, Colorado.

From the Inside Flap:

When one hears the words "Nazi Germany," images of concentration camps, mass death, and torture come to mind. And no concentration camp is more infamous than Buchenwald--a pitiless place where tens of thousands of human being died through overwork, disease, malnutrition, torture, medical experiments, and execution. Overseeing this empire of horror was SS Colonel Karl Koch and his wife and partner in crime, Ilse. Under their cruel regime, unspeakable acts were perpetrated, perhaps none more horrific than the skin of tattoed prisoners being transformed into book covers, lamsphades, and gloves. In this riveting and oftentimes revolting tale of crime and punishment, renowned historian Flint Whitlock looks back upon a period in human history when evil reigned unchecked and the inconceivable became commonplace.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cable Pub
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1934980706
• ISBN 13: 9781934980705
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 323