Ilse Koch on Trial: Making the Bitch of Buchenwald"" (Jardim Tomaz)(Pevná vazba)

An authoritative reassessment of one of the most notorious Nazi war criminals, whose perceived betrayal of womanhood made her postwar Germany's favorite scapegoat. On September 1, 1967, one of the Third Reich's most infamous figures hanged herself in her cell after nearly twenty-four years in prison. Known as the "Bitch of Buchenwald," Ilse Koch was singularly notorious, having been accused of owning lampshades fabricated from skins of murdered camp inmates and engaging in "bestial" sexual behavior. These allegations fueled a public fascination that turned Koch into a potent female symbol of Nazi savagery. Yet the most sensational atrocities attributed to Koch were apocryphal or unproven. In this authoritative reappraisal, Tomaz Jardim shows that, while Koch was a dedicated Nazi and assuredly committed brutal crimes, she was also a scapegoat for postwar Germans eager
více informací