Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont was the heir apparent to the throne of the Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont and a general in the Schutzstaffel. From 1946 until his death, he was th
Josias c. 1936–42
Waldeck-Pyrmont during the Buchenwald Trial
Karl-Otto Koch
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Karl-Otto Koch was a German military officer who was a mid-ranking commander in the Schutzstaffel of Nazi Germany, and the first commandant of the Nazi concentration camps at Buchenwald and Sachsenhau
Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
…hospital orderly at Buchenwald. He recognized it because Krämer had successfully treated him in the past. Waldeck investigated the case and discovered Karl-Otto Koch, the camp's commandant, had ordered both Krämer and Karl Peix (a hospital attendant) killed as "political prisoners" because they had treated him for…
Koch, c. 1940