Ilse Koch
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Ilse Koch was a notorious Nazi war criminal and the wife of Buchenwald concentration camp commandant Karl-Otto Koch, infamous for her extreme cruelty toward prisoners.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ilse Koch canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1681285 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ilse Koch Context triple: [War Criminals Prison No. 1, notablePrisoner, Ilse Koch]
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A.
Martha Mengele
Martha Mengele was the wife of Nazi physician Josef Mengele, known for his atrocities at Auschwitz during World War II.
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B.
Franz Stangl
Franz Stangl was an Austrian SS officer and Nazi war criminal who served as commandant of the Treblinka and Sobibor extermination camps during the Holocaust.
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C.
Ilse Braun
Ilse Braun was the elder sister of Eva Braun and a member of the Braun family closely associated with Adolf Hitler’s inner social circle in Nazi Germany.
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D.
Gudrun Himmler
Gudrun Himmler was the daughter of high-ranking Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler, later known for her lifelong loyalty to her father's legacy and involvement in neo-Nazi circles.
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E.
Margarete Himmler
Margarete Himmler was the wife of high-ranking Nazi official Heinrich Himmler and a member of the Nazi Party who managed the family household during his rise to power.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ilse Koch Target entity description: Ilse Koch was a notorious Nazi war criminal and the wife of Buchenwald concentration camp commandant Karl-Otto Koch, infamous for her extreme cruelty toward prisoners.
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A.
Martha Mengele
Martha Mengele was the wife of Nazi physician Josef Mengele, known for his atrocities at Auschwitz during World War II.
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B.
Franz Stangl
Franz Stangl was an Austrian SS officer and Nazi war criminal who served as commandant of the Treblinka and Sobibor extermination camps during the Holocaust.
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C.
Ilse Braun
Ilse Braun was the elder sister of Eva Braun and a member of the Braun family closely associated with Adolf Hitler’s inner social circle in Nazi Germany.
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D.
Gudrun Himmler
Gudrun Himmler was the daughter of high-ranking Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler, later known for her lifelong loyalty to her father's legacy and involvement in neo-Nazi circles.
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E.
Margarete Himmler
Margarete Himmler was the wife of high-ranking Nazi official Heinrich Himmler and a member of the Nazi Party who managed the family household during his rise to power.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German person
ⓘ
Nazi war criminal ⓘ human ⓘ war criminal ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Die Hexe von Buchenwald
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Die Hexe von Buchenwald ⓘ
surface form:
The Witch of Buchenwald
|
| causeOfDeath | suicide by hanging ⓘ |
| convictedOf |
assault
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crimes against humanity ⓘ incitement to murder ⓘ other offenses against prisoners ⓘ war crimes ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1906-09-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1967-09-01 ⓘ |
| employer |
Schutzstaffel (SS)
ⓘ
surface form:
Schutzstaffel
|
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| familyName | Koch ⓘ |
| givenName | Ilse ⓘ |
| hasRole |
overseer of female prisoners
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wife of camp commandant ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Nazi Party
ⓘ
surface form:
NSDAP
Nazi Party ⓘ |
| notableFor |
extreme cruelty toward concentration camp prisoners
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role as wife of Buchenwald commandant Karl-Otto Koch ⓘ symbol of Nazi brutality in popular memory ⓘ |
| notableWork |
activities at Buchenwald concentration camp
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activities at Majdanek concentration camp ⓘ |
| occupation | SS overseer ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Holocaust
ⓘ
Nazi camp system ⓘ
surface form:
Nazi concentration camp system
|
| placeOfBirth |
Dresden
ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ Kingdom of Saxony ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Aichach
ⓘ
Bavaria ⓘ West Germany ⓘ |
| placeOfDetention | Aichach Prison ⓘ |
| receivedSentence | life imprisonment ⓘ |
| religion | Lutheranism ⓘ |
| residence |
Dresden
ⓘ
Lublin Voivodeship ⓘ
surface form:
Lublin region
Weimar ⓘ near Buchenwald concentration camp ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Karl-Otto Koch ⓘ |
| subjectOf | post-war war crimes trials ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Buchenwald
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surface form:
Buchenwald concentration camp
Majdanek ⓘ
surface form:
Majdanek concentration camp
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ilse Koch Description of subject: Ilse Koch was a notorious Nazi war criminal and the wife of Buchenwald concentration camp commandant Karl-Otto Koch, infamous for her extreme cruelty toward prisoners.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.