Karl-Otto Koch
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Karl-Otto Koch was an SS officer and commandant of Nazi concentration camps, notorious for his extreme brutality and corruption during the Holocaust.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Karl-Otto Koch canonical | 3 |
| Karl Otto Koch | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3574980 — 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: Karl-Otto Koch Context triple: [Buchenwald Trial, defendant, Karl-Otto Koch]
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A.
Kurt Daluege
Kurt Daluege was a high-ranking Nazi official and SS leader who served as chief of the Order Police and later as acting Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia during World War II.
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B.
Oswald Pohl
Oswald Pohl was a high-ranking Nazi SS officer who oversaw the administration of concentration camps and was convicted and executed as a war criminal after World War II.
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C.
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Ernst Kaltenbrunner was a high-ranking Austrian SS official and key Nazi war criminal who headed the Reich Main Security Office (RSHA) and played a central role in organizing the Holocaust and other atrocities.
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D.
Karl Hermann Frank
Karl Hermann Frank was a high-ranking Sudeten German Nazi official and SS leader who played a central role in the brutal occupation and repression of Czechoslovakia during World War II.
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E.
Richard Glücks
Richard Glücks was a high-ranking Nazi SS officer who served as the Inspector of Concentration Camps and played a central role in administering the Holocaust.
- 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: Karl-Otto Koch Target entity description: Karl-Otto Koch was an SS officer and commandant of Nazi concentration camps, notorious for his extreme brutality and corruption during the Holocaust.
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A.
Kurt Daluege
Kurt Daluege was a high-ranking Nazi official and SS leader who served as chief of the Order Police and later as acting Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia during World War II.
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B.
Oswald Pohl
Oswald Pohl was a high-ranking Nazi SS officer who oversaw the administration of concentration camps and was convicted and executed as a war criminal after World War II.
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C.
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Ernst Kaltenbrunner was a high-ranking Austrian SS official and key Nazi war criminal who headed the Reich Main Security Office (RSHA) and played a central role in organizing the Holocaust and other atrocities.
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D.
Karl Hermann Frank
Karl Hermann Frank was a high-ranking Sudeten German Nazi official and SS leader who played a central role in the brutal occupation and repression of Czechoslovakia during World War II.
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E.
Richard Glücks
Richard Glücks was a high-ranking Nazi SS officer who served as the Inspector of Concentration Camps and played a central role in administering the Holocaust.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nazi concentration camp commandant
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SS officer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
1930s
ⓘ
1940s ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | execution by shooting ⓘ |
| citizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| commanded |
Buchenwald
ⓘ
surface form:
Buchenwald concentration camp
Majdanek ⓘ
surface form:
Majdanek concentration camp
Sachsenhausen concentration camp ⓘ |
| convictedBy | SS court ⓘ |
| convictedOf |
corruption
ⓘ
embezzlement ⓘ murder of prisoners ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | German Empire ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1897-08-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1945-04-05 ⓘ |
| employer | SS-Totenkopfverbände ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Germans ⓘ |
| familyName | Koch ⓘ |
| fullName | Karl-Otto Koch self-link ⓘ |
| givenName |
Karl Otto Suth
ⓘ
surface form:
Karl-Otto
|
| languageSpoken | German ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | capital punishment ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Nazi Party
ⓘ
surface form:
NSDAP
SS ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Schutzstaffel (SS)
ⓘ
surface form:
Schutzstaffel
|
| militaryRank | SS-Standartenführer ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
arrest by SS for corruption
ⓘ
execution at Buchenwald shortly before liberation ⓘ |
| notableFor |
corruption and embezzlement during the Holocaust
ⓘ
extreme brutality in Nazi concentration camps ⓘ |
| occupation |
concentration camp commandant
ⓘ
military officer ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Holocaust
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| partOf |
Nazi camp system
ⓘ
surface form:
Nazi concentration camp system
|
| perpetratorOf |
crimes against humanity
ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Darmstadt ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Weimar ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology | Nazism ⓘ |
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Ilse Koch ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Karl-Otto Koch Description of subject: Karl-Otto Koch was an SS officer and commandant of Nazi concentration camps, notorious for his extreme brutality and corruption during the Holocaust.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Karl Otto Koch