Played by Vicky Krieps, Ilse Koch is first introduced to Gein when his girlfriend Adeline Watkins brings him a box of dark concentration camp items as a present. In the box is a comic book about the “Bitch of Buchenwald,” otherwise known as Ilse Koch.

"Monster: The Ed Gein Story" makes a point to focus on how the atrocities committed by the Nazis during World War II affected the titular killer to the point where he began copying them. The Netflix series puts the spotlight on one infamous figure from the war - Ilse Koch.

In Monster: The Ed Gein Story, Ilse Koch is played by Vicky Krieps and is shown in the first episode when Adeline Watkins (Suzanna Son) brings Ed a box full of dark concentration camp paraphernalia as a present.

Monster: The Ed Gein Story follows Ed Gein’s descent, from a repressive childhood in 1950s Wisconsin to grave robbing, murder, and a “house of horrors” that inspired Psycho and Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Monster: The Ed Gein Story,' now on Netflix, is about the serial killer who inspired 'Psycho' and 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.'

The Ed Gein Story,’ the character of Ilse Koch is fantastically referenced. Koch, the wife of a Nazi officer from Germany, becomes known to Gein through books and stories about her horrific crimes and is introduced to him by a friend.

In the new season of Netflix’s Monster, Gein’s possible love interest Adeline Watkins (played by Suzanna Son) introduces him to Koch’s background and trial. This suggests Gein’s gruesome grave robbing habits—which included fashioning the skin of corpses into body suits and household objects—derived from his knowledge of the infamous war criminal.