The Beginning and End Of Erich Koch One of these characters would be a real person from Salt to the Sea. His name is Erich Koch, he serves Hitler and does the Cruelest act of nature against Jews (Wistrich). Koch would hang them for no apparent reason because they were Jews. Erich closed all the Ukrainian schools because they didn't need any education. And they were getting caught by the German master (Wistrich) after reading the book called Salt to the Sea where one of the characters named Florian was taking art and giving it to the Nazis instead of them being restored and putting it back into a Museum. He feared Koch would come after because he had taken something precious and didn't return it. Erich Koch was a fierce man to others and was serving the Nazis, impacting many Jews while he was …show more content…
He also proved to Hitler that he was a brutal governor, and also served in Reichskommissar. In Ukraine, he would have his first official act by closing all Ukraine schools and having the kids taught by a German master. He had the intention of making Ukraine a slave state and twisting the policy, causing tons of deaths (Wistrich). He would disappear for a while but was later handed over (Wistrich). The beginning of sentence would begin when he was handed over to the British Police force where he would be tried for the countless acts he did while working with Hitler(Wistrich). Koch was sentenced to death on March 9th,1959, and being a War criminal for 4 million deaths “German would be blamed for delaying Koch ‘s Sentencing” That they were trying stall time(Erich Koch). After the sentencing and death, Erich Koch would spend the rest of his 27 years of life in a solitary cell (Ap)” He was described as being keenly interested in politics and economics, reading in both German and English, and also was said to speak good