@@chance2413 ... so you really think that it was cool to be in a concentration camp dude?. I'm just looking at the way you laid out all of your words and that's what it seems like you're trying to say? You think losing your freedom and all of your personal property was okay to go to a concentration camp because they have movies and snacks and swimming pools and little trinkets that you mentioned? You think that makes everything okay? Does that make you feel better thinking about it that way?
@@Skull_838 would you have liked to be a prisoner in a concentration camp controlled by the nice Nazis? You think you would have been safe? You think you would have a good story to tell right now about being locked up in a Nazi concentration camp? Would you say that the Nazis wear your friends after you got out of there concentration camp?..
I think the fact that they stole all that money from the government didn't put them in a good light. The torture was just an extra misuse of resources to add on top.
@@josephdominics5935 I wasn't saying they were angels. But I wouldn't like to be in any concentration camp whether it was a American/Soviet one or German. But no country is good all governments have done bad stuff believe it or not.
Because of democray you have to learn what there actual are said in the "news" you read. Nobody talks abot "nazi thinks you are evil". The point of the trial against her husband was fraud and test there had not been requested. Because of war and very strange attitude to justice in the nazi regime he was killed for fraud. please notice killed for fraud not killed for being evil.. Next read this carefull. "you are a retardo". Can you understand that?
In the photo of the prisoners standing in rows you can see two men supporting another who can barely stand. To help care for another person in such a brutal environment is a beautiful act of humanity.
As a teen in the late 1970s, I attended a talk given by a former Buchenwald prisoner who brought with him a good number of things made from human skin. - Lamp shades, belt buckles, wallets and such. I was haunted by the sight for weeks. The inhumanity of it all. Its one thing to read about it in a book, but quite another to see it with your own eyes.
It haunted you because a lot of it is made up SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT PURPOSE. It was BS nonsense you were shown !!!!! Somehow that stuff disappeared after the photo was taken right after the war 1945? then shows up again in the 70's....then disappears again? Was she sadistic and evil, of course. Once a person does some nasty things, you can exaggerate the story until it reaches the moon, then keep adding all sorts of garbage to it, and no one will ever question it. Especially anything dealing with the Holocaust. The average person walking the street is not too smart and believes everything at face value. Were there/ did she have shrunken heads and a LAMP MADE OF HUMAN SKIN REAL ????????? EXTREMELY UNLIKELY
I feel sorry for her children. Especially her youngest son, he was manipulated by a master when all he ever wanted was something she was incapable of giving.
She was most likely a clinical psychopath or sociopath who, because of Nazi doctrine and culture, was enabled to rationalise and "justify" her actions and behaviours. Lots of people like this live among us who repress these extremely dark desires. The smarter ones will channel this energy into something productive and become successful. Others would enter a life of crime, depending on how privileged their life circumstances are. We all have these "dark triad" traits. Narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy. Some are more prominent than in others, others repress it but it always lurks in our subconscious. It is in our innate nature and this is how homosapiens eradicated Neanderthals thousands of years ago. The Nazis collectively induced a mass psychosis over the German masses to surface their dark nature of humanity. This can happen at any point again in the present day. Many people forget the intricacies of history and thus never learn from it, dooming humanity to repeat the same mistakes.
It's not even every psychopath or sociopath, either. People with sociopathy who don't go on to become murderers and monsters, often make for excellent lawyers, salespeople, and politicians. They're very good at knowing how to manipulate and explain things to people in a way that makes the agreeable, and if used for decent ends that's excellent - you have to have a little bit of coldness if you go into certain fields. It's when its used for horrific ends that we get the next Ted Bundy.
Ugly in soul, ugly in life. Certainly, no beauty by any stretch of the imagination. Stupendous that such a plain woman, purely on the basis of sex, could get away with so much evil for so long.
Earl Robins on crew se it was for the money her husband spent , that is why he was executed and she didnt have any punishment at all just after the war ... i read some artical about it way back .
Indeed!! My only complaint about the video is that it went quickly from "sweet girl who everybody liked" to her suddenly fancying criminals and wanting to run a concentration camp. I wanted to know more about what happened in her late teens and young adulthood to change her.
It’s becsuse drugs don’t get them high enough. They need to see other ppl in pain to keep them sane. That’s their drug without actually drugs if that makes sense.
@@dejstoney What you said makes complete sense. I agree with what you have said. It just terrifies me that anyone can take pleasure of any kind in others pain.
@@aeris2001 Prisoners are nothing short of animals and they should be treated as such. Rather than having them sit in a cell, offering nothing to society, would it not be better to use them as human subjects or slaves. Then at least they offer something back to society.
@@robertlogie5766 Nonhuman animals are completely innocent. Sadism and true cruelty exists only among humans. Other animals only kill to survive, not for pleasure or greed. I hate it when people say, that someone should be "treated like an animal". Think about this statement. You don't tolerate cruelty against humans but it's still okay for you to torture and kill other beings which are completely innocent and helpless?
My great-uncle was taken as a POW to one of these camps. He managed to escape under a pile of dead bodies when they were disposed of. From what I understand the bodies were transported by rail, thrown away, and he escaped under the bodies. He ran to the nearest embassy. Little did he know, his cousin would have liberated him in three days.
@@el_tdg It would be. Unfortunately, he passed before I heard the story firsthand. It was relayed by other members of the family. He was eventually sent to Japan, but he didn't like to talk about what he saw there. If you were outside grilling and the meat even remotely smelled cooked, he would toss everything into the garbage and make you start over again. In a way, I wish I knew what happened to him.
@@snake3516 I assume regarding the grilled meat thing, it was daily practice in concentration camps to burn dead bodies, I'd guess that smells pretty close to grilling a steak. If you've seen Schindlers List you may remember the scene where it starts "snowing", that in fact was the ash of killed people that went up through the chimney of the crematory.
@@d1Netta Oh I don't know.....after watching a documentary on atrocity, finding a public forum to ridicule the way someone looks. Nevermind what that woman did, YOUR only criticism was the way she looked. Not very clever, primate. You might as well slap on a red wig and stare in the mirror.
@@rookthetexan8343 And in turn you attack my appearance. So I guess you are emulating Nazi Behavior too. Oh and I like the primate descriptor. Whats the matter? Not man enough to say what you really want to call me? Thank you for confirming my suspicions. 👍🏽
I once had the pleasure of meeting Arek Hersch a few years ago, he came into my school to share his life story. If anyone deserves to be called an inspiration it is him. He has survived several concentration camps, ghettos, death camps and many other horrors. He has lost his entire family and seen things i couldnt possibly imagine yet he still has faith in humanity. He is still one of the kindest people i have ever met! We hugged for a few minutes while crying, i will never forget that day.
Wow, that's insanely mind-blowing. The cruelty, the manipulation, the unspeakable horror. And to think, without historians we may easily forget the darkness our species possesses.
It wouldn’t be to hard to get to know the worst of Humanity. You act like it’s a far-away concept, for many, this kind of horrible, hopelessness is replicated, not to the T, but in different ways.
@@ingriddubbel8468 no witches were killed at salem at all. Or anywhere ever. There is no such thing as witches or demons or magic. Just victims of ignorance and prejudice.
Jesus guys, German pronunciation isn't easy at all, in fact they don't have most of the sounds we do. Be thankful of him making these videos. He is obviously trying.
"any man who even looked at her or was uncontrollably aroused was taken away and shot..." the death toll decreased rapidly when she took her clothes off
My grandad drove one of the Munich defence lawyers to the trials shortly after the war and he watched as she was sentenced. He always said that when you looked into her eyes there was nothing behind them but evil
Great as usual! Please do Władysław Szpilman one day. A survivor of the Warsaw ghetto and the destruction of Warsaw that followed who managed to get back to his career as a pianist after the war and become one of the greatest pianists Poland has ever had. A truly amazing story that's largely forgotten.
Not quite forgotten. Adrian Brody got a freaking Oscar for his role as Szpilman in "The Pianist". He also is the youngest to ever take home the Best Actor Oscar and there was a huge documentary the Aires on the History Channel for months. No... Szpilman is not forgotten.
spineshivers your social life must be astounding. The lack and humor and immediate assumption of my lack of intelligence must make you a ladies man the likes of the great Elliot Roger!
"Ich bin want to sprech to ein manager!" ... I am so sorry to every single German-speaker that had to witness that. That was bad. Still not as bad as Nazi Karen here. But pretty bad.
The way Karl's downfall played out is deliciously ironic: Karl's immediate superior happened to be a former patient of one of the doctors he killed* to cover up his syphilis treatment, and when he learned about it, he launched an investigation. The officer was so astonished by the level of Karl's embezzlement actions that he started going after other camp commandants, including Amon Goethe, whom he quickly tossed into a looney bin. * Said doctor had also been protecting inmates from being killed on several occasions. Wish I could remember his name.
+Jay Luis : No, it’s “cock”. Close enough if you are trying to translate it in English, because English speakers struggle with the German “CH”. It’s why they pronounced Reich as “Rye-k”. I don’t fault them for doing it, but you can’t make the same sounds in English as you do in German. They’re different languages. For instance... it’s not Buchenwald like “w” in “wall”. That’s actually a “v” sound in English. The “CH” is, once again, a sound English speakers goof up. Long story short... he didn’t do too bad on that name. It’s actually the equivalent of the English word “cook”. In case you’re wondering. 😉
That's very true, Angela. Even if you're the right religion or color, sometimes you can be a victim too. The Nazis disliked anyone who wasn't part of their perfect Aryan race, or who didn't support it - that includes people who were the "perfect Aryan myth", too.
Nah she was just German. They committed atrocities and brutalities because they COULD and took pleasure from it (Schadenfreude) not because they suffered by a medical condition. That is an excuse IMO
I love this channel. I am a big history buff and I am interested in the lives of these people. You cover their whole stories without having to make it a 2 to 3 hour History channel presentation. I have been binge watching these stories for about a couple of days. I subscribed. I cannot wait until the next biography.
Every time you air stuff life this, I always feel completely enervated. Such evil in the form of humans is astounding. Thank you for this very difficult work.
People commenting "Oh you know you are evil when even Nazis punish you". I think they didnt pick her up for the tortures but how she went against Order. Nazi regime never spared anyone who went against the book of order. So they didnt question her morality but her lack of obedience.
@@nightmarefanatic1819 ah yes the Ilsa probably not that exaggerated in terms of Nazisploitation as far as Ilse Koch is concerned and I wouldn’t put it past her neutering a man!
One issue I have is there was so much focus on the human skin thing, with there barely being any evidence that it was actually skin. Why tell it as though it were fact, only to later say "well actually there wasn't any evidence except a few witness testimonies"?
Please correct me if you think I'm wrong here, by using actual examples or evidence But the only actual clear Principles of Fascism that I see being pushed are those of the Far Left Activists: the principle that due to a people are not allowed free opinion. They believe that if they find someone's views distasteful (& I think they have usually misrepresented them, as I know this happens), they try to create a society where "wrong think" means you can't open a bank account, receive money or use public spaces online.
What "fascism" are you talking about? Is it Donald Trump? If so, could you please give an examples, because I have yet to find one. Please not that we are often given false info by our Media if they are against someone or threatened by them. E.g. The claim that Trump said racist thinks about Mexicans. The original footage shows it was not referring to all Mexicans migrants, the context is illegals. White Supremacists at Trump events quickly get kicked out. So I think it is more about an addiction to creating drama & feeding off it (both of which Trump has been elected on, IMO).
While the poor and uneducated can be a target, it's very dangerous to assume that only they can fall for this. And of course, it's not only right-wing fascism that can scoop the working man up, Stalin did the same after having Trotsky killed and committed horrible atrocities under the guise of working for the common man. Extremism is a very tempting ideology for people who feel upset, and I can see disturbing parallels in today's America for sure. Anyone reading this may take this as they see fit, I know who and what I'm talking about, but I'm curious to see how many people get butthurt over it.
I remember having to do a paper on the horrors of the Holocaust and did a whole section on her. And I took so many breaks after reading what she did. It was so horrific to read, I cried throughout the process.
Who thumbs down this? Most interesting new channel on TH-cam. The list of historical figures that are on this channel are incredibly interesting with the production/ narrative is TOP NOTCH!
Maybe because they push the lies of human-leather made objects. The object that is talked about most often (Lampenschirm) was examined and it was proven that it wasn't made of human skin.
I didn't know about this woman and I may say I'm a huge fan of History in general and II WW period in particular. Thank you, Simon. Once again, a very interesting report.
Dear simon love yore work ! My great grandfather was betrayed by the police who swore to protect him. he was a journalist who wrote about hitler he was humiliated in front of his children and deported to this camp, after his liberation he joined amnesty international to stand up for the forgiveness of 300000 collaborators. thank you for telling these stories that belong to all of us so this never happens again. the future belongs to all of us 
There was a shitload of rich and/or well educated People that also joined the NSDAP and supported Hitler, don’t just blame the simple folks…. Also Gnädige Frau has nothing to do with nobility it’s a very formal way to address a woman, e.g. a maid would address the women of the household or a shop employee would address a upper class or wealthier respected customer.
i know a lot of ppl say this but, it still blows my mind people were this cruel. i watch so many videos ab serial killers but nazi’s who tortured people is still hard to believe. they did everything in the worst ways possible and it only took them a short amount of time to get used to it. its just so weird. these r like the ppl u see in horror movies, shit even most serial killers i’ve heard of weren’t even this cruel. its just mind blowing. its believable but still mind blowing idk
I just discovered this channel. I watched the Oscar Wilde doc and loved it. Damn i feel a binge watch coming on. These videos are interesting& informative. Thank u for this channel. I'm a fan and subscriber for life.
I had been watching several videos about the Holocaust during my stay in Germany few years back and I started getting shivers about them in general. So much that, One day I met a business client named Ilse Koch and I was shocked for a moment since I know that name. This lady had a cold stare when she looked at me.. I thought these Germans could be really cold and scare you just with their looks.
I could listen to you forever... not just because of how much I love the clarity and how interesting you make every character, your accent is super sexy, your one of voice is just perfect and the rhythm is completely hypnotic! I can't stop! :)
Everyone in the comments is very certain they wouldn’t fall victim to following the crowd and being intoxicated by the very new power that she and her husband received so quickly.
Isn’t it interesting and terrible to realize that we can all be universally disgusted for generations about the behavior of an individual acting in a way that could truly be described as being evil. Yet throughout the duration of her life, there was never any doubt about her actions, and so self confident in her life that she actually felt bad for herself for all these mean people trying to make her take responsibility for her actions. It is just too crazy that most of us live in this soup of regret and self doubt over oftentimes the most minuscule of details, but the serial killer sexual sadist feels full confidence to the point of defending their own actions, and feeling bad for herself in the process. You really have to marvel at the human brain at moments like that, and take comfort at a minimum that Koch is at least the anomaly
Damn. You must be pretty bad when the Nazis tell you you're going too far.
@@chance2413 ... so you really think that it was cool to be in a concentration camp dude?. I'm just looking at the way you laid out all of your words and that's what it seems like you're trying to say? You think losing your freedom and all of your personal property was okay to go to a concentration camp because they have movies and snacks and swimming pools and little trinkets that you mentioned? You think that makes everything okay? Does that make you feel better thinking about it that way?
Yes I was just thinking that. Didn't she get locked up
@@Skull_838 would you have liked to be a prisoner in a concentration camp controlled by the nice Nazis? You think you would have been safe? You think you would have a good story to tell right now about being locked up in a Nazi concentration camp? Would you say that the Nazis wear your friends after you got out of there concentration camp?..
I think the fact that they stole all that money from the government didn't put them in a good light. The torture was just an extra misuse of resources to add on top.
@@josephdominics5935 I wasn't saying they were angels. But I wouldn't like to be in any concentration camp whether it was a American/Soviet one or German. But no country is good all governments have done bad stuff believe it or not.
She looks like the mean lunch lady everyone hates
Yes Ms.Crabtree... The lunch Lady
and this is why these women wanted Hillary Clinton in power...
@@MGTOWPsyche lol u are so rite
@frosty pablo lol nooo not Ms Crabtree
DON'T DO IT FROSTY FROST LOL
NO MORE KRAUT'S FOR U LOL
@frosty pablo the look a like they maybe cousins
You should really evaluate your life decisions when even the Nazi Party thinks you are evil
I'm honestly shocked that they had any standards at all.
Alphata well said
It's almost like Ozzy Osbourne saying you might have a drug probl.
No s*** right just when you think you can't be shocked anymore
Because of democray you have to learn what there actual are said in the "news" you read. Nobody talks abot "nazi thinks you are evil". The point of the trial against her husband was fraud and test there had not been requested. Because of war and very strange attitude to justice in the nazi regime he was killed for fraud. please notice killed for fraud not killed for being evil.. Next read this carefull. "you are a retardo". Can you understand that?
In the photo of the prisoners standing in rows you can see two men supporting another who can barely stand. To help care for another person in such a brutal environment is a beautiful act of humanity.
@@dr2599 she got hers in the end. I don't call monsters like that human.
The story about her youngest son is honestly so sad. He wanted to know who his mother was despite who she was and she took advantage of him.
well duh, she was clearly a sadistic psychopath so what did you expect her to do?
If they had a domestic disagreement was it called a Koch fight?
*Inserts Rimshot*
Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk.
Comment of the week.
You got hearted by Simon for a fucking pun. I love it.
😂😂😂😂👍🏼
As a teen in the late 1970s, I attended a talk given by a former Buchenwald prisoner who brought with him a good number of things made from human skin. - Lamp shades, belt buckles, wallets and such. I was haunted by the sight for weeks. The inhumanity of it all. Its one thing to read about it in a book, but quite another to see it with your own eyes.
It haunted you because a lot of it is made up SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT PURPOSE.
It was BS nonsense you were shown !!!!!
Somehow that stuff disappeared after the photo was taken right after the war 1945? then shows up again in the 70's....then disappears again?
Was she sadistic and evil, of course.
Once a person does some nasty things, you can exaggerate the story until it reaches the moon, then keep adding all sorts of garbage to it, and no one will ever question it. Especially anything dealing with the Holocaust.
The average person walking the street is not too smart and believes everything at face value.
Were there/ did she have shrunken heads and a LAMP MADE OF HUMAN SKIN REAL ?????????
EXTREMELY UNLIKELY
In my imagination, it was real.
@@MalachiHealey Based.
Do you remember the guys name by any chance ?
And that man’s name was Ed Gein
I feel sorry for her children. Especially her youngest son, he was manipulated by a master when all he ever wanted was something she was incapable of giving.
Love was she was incapable of giving and receiving love. She manipulated herself out of love 😮 deep
Tell me EVIL doesn't exist. This beast was the personification of EVIL.
She was most likely a clinical psychopath or sociopath who, because of Nazi doctrine and culture, was enabled to rationalise and "justify" her actions and behaviours.
Lots of people like this live among us who repress these extremely dark desires. The smarter ones will channel this energy into something productive and become successful. Others would enter a life of crime, depending on how privileged their life circumstances are.
We all have these "dark triad" traits. Narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy. Some are more prominent than in others, others repress it but it always lurks in our subconscious. It is in our innate nature and this is how homosapiens eradicated Neanderthals thousands of years ago. The Nazis collectively induced a mass psychosis over the German masses to surface their dark nature of humanity. This can happen at any point again in the present day. Many people forget the intricacies of history and thus never learn from it, dooming humanity to repeat the same mistakes.
It's not even every psychopath or sociopath, either. People with sociopathy who don't go on to become murderers and monsters, often make for excellent lawyers, salespeople, and politicians. They're very good at knowing how to manipulate and explain things to people in a way that makes the agreeable, and if used for decent ends that's excellent - you have to have a little bit of coldness if you go into certain fields. It's when its used for horrific ends that we get the next Ted Bundy.
Imagine this being your grandma. But she hung herself. HAHAH
how is it the most evil nazi women were also all physically ugly af
Ugly in soul, ugly in life.
Certainly, no beauty by any stretch of the imagination.
Stupendous that such a plain woman, purely on the basis of sex, could get away with so much evil for so long.
Yeah their is a real Double-Standard for this stuff.
Women who Rape Men are overlooked a lot.
Women are equal to men
You must be pretty evil if the Nazi take you to court for your atrocities
More less for the money spending than something else i guess
@@tkohout87 I agree, because we know they deffinately did not care about the people
Earl Robins on crew se it was for the money her husband spent , that is why he was executed and she didnt have any punishment at all just after the war ... i read some artical about it way back .
Indeed!! My only complaint about the video is that it went quickly from "sweet girl who everybody liked" to her suddenly fancying criminals and wanting to run a concentration camp. I wanted to know more about what happened in her late teens and young adulthood to change her.
@@jazzerson7087 probably the apex summit of "daddy issues"
She is the definition of a monster
@JOE BLOGGS No, it's her
Yes
Nah she was just misunderstood
@@norgepalm7315 how was she misunderstood?
Argeed
I have never understood sadism on any level. I think she was a completely evil person.
It’s becsuse drugs don’t get them high enough. They need to see other ppl in pain to keep them sane. That’s their drug without actually drugs if that makes sense.
@@dejstoney What you said makes complete sense. I agree with what you have said. It just terrifies me that anyone can take pleasure of any kind in others pain.
Most people are sadistic, it is everyday. Look how much people want prisoners to suffer in prison. Humans are sick.
@@aeris2001 Prisoners are nothing short of animals and they should be treated as such. Rather than having them sit in a cell, offering nothing to society, would it not be better to use them as human subjects or slaves. Then at least they offer something back to society.
@@robertlogie5766 Nonhuman animals are completely innocent. Sadism and true cruelty exists only among humans. Other animals only kill to survive, not for pleasure or greed.
I hate it when people say, that someone should be "treated like an animal". Think about this statement. You don't tolerate cruelty against humans but it's still okay for you to torture and kill other beings which are completely innocent and helpless?
My great-uncle was taken as a POW to one of these camps. He managed to escape under a pile of dead bodies when they were disposed of. From what I understand the bodies were transported by rail, thrown away, and he escaped under the bodies.
He ran to the nearest embassy. Little did he know, his cousin would have liberated him in three days.
That would be a good movie
@@el_tdg It would be. Unfortunately, he passed before I heard the story firsthand. It was relayed by other members of the family. He was eventually sent to Japan, but he didn't like to talk about what he saw there. If you were outside grilling and the meat even remotely smelled cooked, he would toss everything into the garbage and make you start over again. In a way, I wish I knew what happened to him.
@@TheWolfElder damn man, sorry to hear that, i hope he is at peace
@@snake3516 I assume regarding the grilled meat thing, it was daily practice in concentration camps to burn dead bodies, I'd guess that smells pretty close to grilling a steak. If you've seen Schindlers List you may remember the scene where it starts "snowing", that in fact was the ash of killed people that went up through the chimney of the crematory.
Jesus Christ
I feel bad for her son, he was a child and the guilt wasn’t his to bear.
"A buxom redhead that thought a lot of herself."....so we can presume there were no mirrors in her house?🤔
She probably wouldn't have thought so much of the way you look either. That's how Nazis came to power. How unfortunate you emulate their behavior.
@jamiewkfarrell d1netta or whatever her name is (I think) might be a little peanut butter and jealous (of a nazi). Damn shame. I like your comment!
@@rookthetexan8343 Do explain how I have emulated Nazi behavior?
@@d1Netta Oh I don't know.....after watching a documentary on atrocity, finding a public forum to ridicule the way someone looks. Nevermind what that woman did, YOUR only criticism was the way she looked. Not very clever, primate. You might as well slap on a red wig and stare in the mirror.
@@rookthetexan8343 And in turn you attack my appearance. So I guess you are emulating Nazi Behavior too. Oh and I like the primate descriptor. Whats the matter? Not man enough to say what you really want to call me? Thank you for confirming my suspicions. 👍🏽
I once had the pleasure of meeting Arek Hersch a few years ago, he came into my school to share his life story. If anyone deserves to be called an inspiration it is him. He has survived several concentration camps, ghettos, death camps and many other horrors. He has lost his entire family and seen things i couldnt possibly imagine yet he still has faith in humanity. He is still one of the kindest people i have ever met! We hugged for a few minutes while crying, i will never forget that day.
"Survived death camps". Many such cases...
Wow, that's insanely mind-blowing. The cruelty, the manipulation, the unspeakable horror.
And to think, without historians we may easily forget the darkness our species possesses.
Trevor Doge If it was up to the Far Left and Far Right? It would already be gone
Spent Brass helps water grass 0331/USMC sad truth
It wouldn’t be to hard to get to know the worst of Humanity. You act like it’s a far-away concept, for many, this kind of horrible, hopelessness is replicated, not to the T, but in different ways.
history isn't just education, it is a responsibility.
Not really, there's plenty of darkness in the people around us
0:35 - Chapter 1 - Early life
2:15 - Chapter 2 - Living in buchenwald
7:05 - Chapter 3 - Human experiments
9:15 - Chapter 4 - The trials & the end
Ummm Salem is calling... They have a nice stake and fire waiting.
NO witches were ever burned in Salem. They were hanged or crushed.
@Nipple Journalist let’s start with you
@@IAmAwesomeSoAreYou and finish with you.
No need hell fire is plentiful
@@ingriddubbel8468 no witches were killed at salem at all. Or anywhere ever. There is no such thing as witches or demons or magic. Just victims of ignorance and prejudice.
Simon you are doing SO WELL on the pronounciations, thank you so much for the effort you're putting in for us!!! ♡
I've been a critic of his pronunciation, but he has progressed a lot. As long as he makes an effort, fine by me. Appreciated, even.
No, the pronounciation is off most of the times.
I'm just happy about the way he pronounces their last names.
he's trying obviously, but Owe should be pronounced Oo-ver, not Ooooh as Simon kept saying :D
Jesus guys, German pronunciation isn't easy at all, in fact they don't have most of the sounds we do. Be thankful of him making these videos. He is obviously trying.
"any man who even looked at her or was uncontrollably aroused was taken away and shot..."
the death toll decreased rapidly when she took her clothes off
My grandad drove one of the Munich defence lawyers to the trials shortly after the war and he watched as she was sentenced. He always said that when you looked into her eyes there was nothing behind them but evil
Great as usual! Please do Władysław Szpilman one day. A survivor of the Warsaw ghetto and the destruction of Warsaw that followed who managed to get back to his career as a pianist after the war and become one of the greatest pianists Poland has ever had. A truly amazing story that's largely forgotten.
Not quite forgotten. Adrian Brody got a freaking Oscar for his role as Szpilman in "The Pianist". He also is the youngest to ever take home the Best Actor Oscar and there was a huge documentary the Aires on the History Channel for months. No... Szpilman is not forgotten.
Ooooh we're getting saucy with the titles now!
Actually, no. That was her nickname. But it helps knowing history from sources other than a TH-cam video.
DEMONITIZED
Don't be saucy with me, Bernaise.
Mate I thought I read it wrong.
spineshivers your social life must be astounding. The lack and humor and immediate assumption of my lack of intelligence must make you a ladies man the likes of the great Elliot Roger!
Your research and story telling is impeccable. Loving the Biographics as much as I love your other channel!
Stephanie Murrell *channels
I can visualise Ilse at the front counter with her three kids demanding to see the Manager.
Now that you mention it- I can totally picture that XD
Maybe her middle name was Karin... (Karen)
"Ich bin want to sprech to ein manager!"
... I am so sorry to every single German-speaker that had to witness that. That was bad.
Still not as bad as Nazi Karen here. But pretty bad.
@@ThePhantomSafetyPin I möchte mit dem Manager sprechen
I am the manager *loads the shotgun*
The way Karl's downfall played out is deliciously ironic:
Karl's immediate superior happened to be a former patient of one of the doctors he killed* to cover up his syphilis treatment, and when he learned about it, he launched an investigation. The officer was so astonished by the level of Karl's embezzlement actions that he started going after other camp commandants, including Amon Goethe, whom he quickly tossed into a looney bin.
* Said doctor had also been protecting inmates from being killed on several occasions. Wish I could remember his name.
The Koch Mansion... *uncontrollable laughter*
Possibly pronounced " Coke "
...wait for it... Wonder how much caulk went into that mansion's bathrooms?
+Jay Luis : No, it’s “cock”. Close enough if you are trying to translate it in English, because English speakers struggle with the German “CH”.
It’s why they pronounced Reich as “Rye-k”. I don’t fault them for doing it, but you can’t make the same sounds in English as you do in German. They’re different languages. For instance... it’s not Buchenwald like “w” in “wall”. That’s actually a “v” sound in English. The “CH” is, once again, a sound English speakers goof up.
Long story short... he didn’t do too bad on that name. It’s actually the equivalent of the English word “cook”. In case you’re wondering. 😉
Lol 😂
C O C K M A N S I O N
I can't imagine being in that time period. Just horrid, ppintless, sad. Forgive but never forget.
It's pretty shitty right now too if you're the wrong color or religion...
That's very true, Angela. Even if you're the right religion or color, sometimes you can be a victim too. The Nazis disliked anyone who wasn't part of their perfect Aryan race, or who didn't support it - that includes people who were the "perfect Aryan myth", too.
She reminds me of my school bus driver when I was a little kid. She was a mean and nasty woman too.
Ilse Koch was a classical narcissist - a narcissist who sadly got power to live out her fantasies.
Nah she was just German. They committed atrocities and brutalities because they COULD and took pleasure from it (Schadenfreude) not because they suffered by a medical condition. That is an excuse IMO
I love this channel. I am a big history buff and I am interested in the lives of these people. You cover their whole stories without having to make it a 2 to 3 hour History channel presentation. I have been binge watching these stories for about a couple of days. I subscribed. I cannot wait until the next biography.
Every time you air stuff life this, I always feel completely enervated. Such evil in the form of humans is astounding. Thank you for this very difficult work.
Uwe and his unconditional love :'( 😭
Simon, as always you make these histories come alive. Keep up the good work.
People commenting "Oh you know you are evil when even Nazis punish you". I think they didnt pick her up for the tortures but how she went against Order. Nazi regime never spared anyone who went against the book of order. So they didnt question her morality but her lack of obedience.
Incredible work as always. Do more on the monsters throughout history please.
as bad as any character you'd meet in a horror movie
There was a Nazisploitation movie made that was based on her called Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS.
@@nightmarefanatic1819 ah yes the Ilsa probably not that exaggerated in terms of Nazisploitation as far as Ilse Koch is concerned and I wouldn’t put it past her neutering a man!
It's a very, very bad sign if other nazis are telling you you're taking things too far.
One issue I have is there was so much focus on the human skin thing, with there barely being any evidence that it was actually skin. Why tell it as though it were fact, only to later say "well actually there wasn't any evidence except a few witness testimonies"?
"For people who were poor and uneducated, fascism seemed like a solution to the country's problems." It appears nothing has changed.
Please correct me if you think I'm wrong here, by using actual examples or evidence
But the only actual clear Principles of Fascism that I see being pushed are those of the Far Left Activists: the principle that due to a people are not allowed free opinion.
They believe that if they find someone's views distasteful (& I think they have usually misrepresented them, as I know this happens), they try to create a society where "wrong think" means you can't open a bank account, receive money or use public spaces online.
What "fascism" are you talking about? Is it Donald Trump? If so, could you please give an examples, because I have yet to find one.
Please not that we are often given false info by our Media if they are against someone or threatened by them.
E.g. The claim that Trump said racist thinks about Mexicans. The original footage shows it was not referring to all Mexicans migrants, the context is illegals.
White Supremacists at Trump events quickly get kicked out.
So I think it is more about an addiction to creating drama & feeding off it (both of which Trump has been elected on, IMO).
Its kind of wrong though: fascism was largely a phenomenon of the middle class rather than the poor.
While the poor and uneducated can be a target, it's very dangerous to assume that only they can fall for this. And of course, it's not only right-wing fascism that can scoop the working man up, Stalin did the same after having Trotsky killed and committed horrible atrocities under the guise of working for the common man. Extremism is a very tempting ideology for people who feel upset, and I can see disturbing parallels in today's America for sure. Anyone reading this may take this as they see fit, I know who and what I'm talking about, but I'm curious to see how many people get butthurt over it.
@@pebblepod30 Seems like both are doing it lol
As always "Biographics," this is a great video..thank you...
Man, she must have been very, very bored.
10:13 seems about right. Looks like the face of a woman shrugging as if to say "meh".
I remember having to do a paper on the horrors of the Holocaust and did a whole section on her. And I took so many breaks after reading what she did. It was so horrific to read, I cried throughout the process.
Congrats, you made a paper on a Billy Wilder script
Who thumbs down this? Most interesting new channel on TH-cam. The list of historical figures that are on this channel are incredibly interesting with the production/ narrative is TOP NOTCH!
It’s a brilliant Chanel.Naration is brilliant.
Maybe because they push the lies of human-leather made objects. The object that is talked about most often (Lampenschirm) was examined and it was proven that it wasn't made of human skin.
I'll assume they only read the title, which does cointain an ad-unfriendly word and decided that the video is useless
4:27
Just a note, „Gnade“ is essentially the same word as „mercy“ so „Gnädige Frau“ could be translated as „Woman with mercy“
omfg
It means merciful/gracious woman.
I didn't know about this woman and I may say I'm a huge fan of History in general and II WW period in particular. Thank you, Simon. Once again, a very interesting report.
"The Koch's were finally taken into court" 🤭😆😅That caught me off guard.
People were murdered geez
Doesn't she look like Frau Engel from Wolfenstein II?
Im thinking its the other way around
“Mementos of human skin” 😔
Loved tattoos of prisoners,just evil
That's a lie.
Looking at human history and how macabre it can get with torture even today, I am not surprised by this and can buy that it had happened
Dear simon love yore work ! My great grandfather was betrayed by the police who swore to protect him. he was a journalist who wrote about hitler he was humiliated in front of his children and deported to this camp, after his liberation he joined amnesty international to stand up for the forgiveness of 300000 collaborators. thank you for telling these stories that belong to all of us so this never happens again. the future belongs to all of us

Thank you for this show. I really enjoy the shows. I am happy to learn about history.
“And there’s Marla Hooch. What a hitter!”
I just found your channel. Great work. She's got those crazy eyes.
What's the creepy piano music you use? I love it.
Also keep up the fantastic work :D
To me, that sounds a lot like Tom Waits' song "Tango Til They're Sore".
0:28 -eerie resemblance of kathy bates. the movie Misery immediately comes to mind
There was a shitload of rich and/or well educated People that also joined the NSDAP and supported Hitler, don’t just blame the simple folks….
Also Gnädige Frau has nothing to do with nobility it’s a very formal way to address a woman, e.g. a maid would address the women of the household or a shop employee would address a upper class or wealthier respected customer.
i know a lot of ppl say this but, it still blows my mind people were this cruel. i watch so many videos ab serial killers but nazi’s who tortured people is still hard to believe. they did everything in the worst ways possible and it only took them a short amount of time to get used to it. its just so weird. these r like the ppl u see in horror movies, shit even most serial killers i’ve heard of weren’t even this cruel. its just mind blowing. its believable but still mind blowing idk
Look up the jasenovac camps in Croatia. Even the Nazis thought they were over the top.
I always bob my head when that intro music plays
Why are you using a fake british accent?
The name "Uwe" is actually pronounced OOH-veh. Like Uwe Boll.
Wait wait, is this woman Uwe Boll's mother??!!
Nope.
The band The Dead Kennedy's sang a song about Ilse, she wolf of the SS. I think I just found the origins of the song.
Feel bad for the children; can't choose your parents. 😔
Thankyou so much. I love this channel!!!
why are you using a fake british accecnt?
Today in "How to make google think I'm a serial killer", now I'm sat googling how to shrink skulls. Thanks. My search history totally needed this.
Hilarious 😂😂😂
Yea, mine too... Hey, one time someone listed some minerals and stuff on a comment. My search history now has the ingredients for crystal meth XD
Make one of Vidkun Quisling
"She is considered to be one of the most evil women that ever lived."
You should meet my ex-wife.
If she's so evil why did you fucking marry her
Fun fact, Ilsa was an influence on Ed Gain the serial killer.
I just discovered this channel. I watched the Oscar Wilde doc and loved it.
Damn i feel a binge watch coming on.
These videos are interesting& informative. Thank u for this channel.
I'm a fan and subscriber for life.
Can you do Jimmy Savile?
I had been watching several videos about the Holocaust during my stay in Germany few years back and I started getting shivers about them in general. So much that, One day I met a business client named Ilse Koch and I was shocked for a moment since I know that name. This lady had a cold stare when she looked at me.. I thought these Germans could be really cold and scare you just with their looks.
More about WW2! You should do Raoul Wallenberg, a swede who saved a lot of people in camps.
Just a human. The evil that we can do is beyond all comprehension
She was an evil woman, like the song by the Electric Light Orchestra (1975)
I’m astounded that’s I’ve never heard of this beast. How could someone _so_ despicable have flown under my radar for 29 years!?
I could listen to you forever... not just because of how much I love the clarity and how interesting you make every character, your accent is super sexy, your one of voice is just perfect and the rhythm is completely hypnotic! I can't stop! :)
Alexander the great next
*please
Monkeydonsky edition for the lols plz
Do Alexander Hamilton please???
jet 217974 well Simon makes things more interesting than simple articles or written vocabulary
Yes!
Everyone in the comments is very certain they wouldn’t fall victim to following the crowd and being intoxicated by the very new power that she and her husband received so quickly.
This was the Best of many. Thank you. I do enjoy your videos
I find the reason for which they gave Karl Koch the death sentence very curious in comparison to his actual job...
Gnädige Frau literally means 'merciful Lady '. Irony died another death every time anybody adressed her as such.
I just watched a couple different Holocaust documentaries. Several of the women survivors mentioned her by name. They were terrified of her
“For people who were poor and uneducated, fascism seemed like a good idea”
At least we can agree it’s better than communism.
People don't have to wonder whether hell exists; it exists here on Earth
Isn’t it interesting and terrible to realize that we can all be universally disgusted for generations about the behavior of an individual acting in a way that could truly be described as being evil. Yet throughout the duration of her life, there was never any doubt about her actions, and so self confident in her life that she actually felt bad for herself for all these mean people trying to make her take responsibility for her actions. It is just too crazy that most of us live in this soup of regret and self doubt over oftentimes the most minuscule of details, but the serial killer sexual sadist feels full confidence to the point of defending their own actions, and feeling bad for herself in the process. You really have to marvel at the human brain at moments like that, and take comfort at a minimum that Koch is at least the anomaly
Hello Simon! Love Bio, Geo- graphics series, Great Job! you need to do a biographics on Irma Grese, the beast of Belsen.
As a Jew, I think learning about how these monsters have hurt my people helps show people how horrible they truly are.
"there supposed to kneel and bark when Koch was around".... Lol she must love the Koch!
What blows my mind is that these demons gets to have a family. Smdh.
I listen to the casual criminalist often, and this video had my mouth gaping wide open
Ive never seen these photos of Ilse before, much less trial footage- thanks
I actually could imagine, that she was the inspiration for Irene Engel from the new Wolfenstein series?
Most evil woman that ever lived? My ex-wife “hold my beer”.
My ex-girlfriend might also make a subject for this series.
you ex girlfriend had jewish prisoners skinned and made into lamps?
send them some pictures and a criminal report they might make an episode on her lol. Never know what someone is capable of.
😂 good one
My first love interest in high school was also pretty out there...
They could title the episode of my ex "The Bitch Of Valencia"
I would hate to be the first soldiers in those camps
I just can't understand getting pleasure from the suffering of others. It's a truly frightening aspect of the character of some.
Really really enjoy all his videos I could just listen for hours such a nice voice
War brings out the worst in people. Or brings out the worst people to lead.
Even Hans Landa would be scared of this.