The beasts of Buchenwald : Karl & Ilse Koch, human-skin lampshades, and the war-crimes trial of the century / Flint Whitlock.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-305) and index.

Before Buchenwald -- The making of a Nazi -- The ruler of Sachsenhausen -- The commandant takes a wife -- Hill of horrors -- Ilse Koch, the tattoo lady -- Applying the pressure -- 1939: the year of no turning back -- Escalation -- How the mighty have fallen -- The ruler of Maidanek -- The end comes -- Liberation at last -- Further evidence -- The trial begins -- Pister takes the stand -- The trial of Commandeuse Koch -- Prosecutorial misconduct -- Appeal and release -- A trial at Augsburg, a death at Aichach.