Punished not just for war crimes but also for ‘failing’ as a woman

Ilse Koch, wife of Karl Koch who was commandant of the concentration camp at Buchenwald.

WHEN, at the surrender of the Third Reich, General Eisenhower visited Buchenwald concentration camp, he was so stunned he announced that he wanted every American unit to see what he had seen.

“We are told that the American soldier does not know what he is fighting for,” he said. “Now, at least, he will know what he is fighting against.”