Filmed on the set of Hogan's Heroes (1965). The series had already been cancelled, and, on learning that the movie had the camp being burned down at the end, the set was given over to save the cost of demolition.
The film was twice rejected for a UK cinema certificate by the BBFC.
Shot in nine days.
Very loosely based on the life of Ilse Koch (known as "The Bitch of Buchenwald"), the wife of the SS commandant of the Nazi extermination camps of Buchenwald and Majdanek during World War II. She was infamous for her sadistic treatment of prisoners, including selecting ones with unique tattoos, having them murdered, sometimes even killing them herself, then skinned, and then after which have lampshades made from the tattooed skin. She was arrested after the war, tried for crimes against humanity, and sentenced to life in prison. She committed suicide in her cell in 1967.
Named #3 on the list of 10 Best Sexploitation Movies of All Time by website TheCinemaholic in 2017.
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