Erich Koch
Politician
1896 – 1986
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Who was Erich Koch?
Erich Koch was a Gauleiter of the Nazi Party in East Prussia from 1928 until 1945. Between 1941 and 1945 he was the Chief of Civil Administration of Bezirk Bialystok. During this period, he was also the Reichskommissar in Reichskommissariat Ukraine from 1941 until 1943. After the Second World War, Koch stood trial in Poland and was convicted in 1959 of war crimes and sentenced to death. The sentence was commuted to life imprisonment a year later.
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- Born
- Jan 16, 1896
Elberfeld - Also known as
- Кох, Эрих
- Nationality
- Germany
- Lived in
- Wuppertal
- Died
- Nov 12, 1986
Barczewo
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on July 23, 2013
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