The Beasts of Buchenwald: Karl and Ilse Koch, Human-Skin Lampshades, and the War-Crimes Trial of the Century in Bloomington, MN

When one hears "Nazi Germany," images of Nazi concentration camps and mass death come to mind. And no concentration camp is more infamous than Buchenwald. The Beasts of Buchenwald is the story of Buchenwald's first commandant, Nazi SS Colonel Karl Koch, and his partner in crime, Ilse. During their tenure of terror, evil reigned unchecked, and the inconceivable became commonplace.