MDR Dok Ilse Koch - Die Hexe von Buchenwald
TV Episode | Documentary, Biography, History

MDR Dok

Ilse Koch - Die Hexe von Buchenwald

TV Episode | Documentary, Biography, History

For years, Ilse Koch lived with her family in the commander's villa on the Ettersberg, while just a few meters away tens of thousands of people starved, were tortured and forced to do forced labor, and died a painful death. But who was the...See moreFor years, Ilse Koch lived with her family in the commander's villa on the Ettersberg, while just a few meters away tens of thousands of people starved, were tortured and forced to do forced labor, and died a painful death. But who was the "witch of Buchenwald"? Based on the trial protocols, the film traces the life of Ilse Koch on the Ettersberg near Weimar and explores how she was able to lead a lower middle-class life in such a place, with the declared aim of giving her husband a cozy evening "after work". to create home? How did she see her role as a wife at the side of a concentration camp commander? Written by MDR Dok See less

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Gunter Schoß Self / Narrator Self / Narrator See fewer	Rosa Roth (1994)
Ilse Koch Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Bitch of Buchenwald (2010)
Muriel Baumeister Ilse Koch Ilse Koch See fewer	Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997)
Matthew Burton Karl Koch Karl Koch See fewer	Valkyrie (2008)
Cyrus Davis Actor Actor See fewer	Playing for Keeps (2021)
Ilja Roßbander Actor Actor See fewer	The Forgotten Battle (2020)
Christoph Safferling Self Self See fewer	Far Cry 6 (2021)
Ulrike Weckel Self / Historian Self / Historian See fewer	Demokratie Lernen: Re-Education im Nachkriegsdeutschland (2006)