Rudolf Höss - Wikipedia
After the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of World War II, he was convicted in Poland and executed for war crimes committed on the prisoners of the Auschwitz concentration camp and for his role in the Holocaust.
Rudolf Franz Hoss | Biography, Auschwitz, & Execution - Britannica
Nov 22, 2024 · Rudolf Hoss, German soldier and Nazi official who served as commandant of the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp complex (1940–45) during a period when as many as 1,000,000 to 2,500,000 inmates perished there.
Auschwitz: The family home of Rudolf Höss depicted in the …
1 day ago · Inside the family home, Rudolf Höss – the longest serving SS commandant of Auschwitz – dreamt up the most efficient way to kill the millions of Jews, Roma, homosexuals and political prisoners ...
Rudolf Höss, The Nazi Architect Of Mass Murder At Auschwitz
Jul 8, 2023 · As commandant of the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp, Rudolf Höss oversaw the deaths of about 1 million people between 1940 and 1945. He turned Auschwitz into the Nazis' largest death camp.
The Real History Behind ‘The Zone of Interest’ and Rudolf Höss
Jan 4, 2024 · The Zone of Interest envisions the everyday lives of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his family, rarely venturing beyond their villa’s borders to acknowledge the atrocities unfolding...
The execution of Auschwitz Commander Rudolf Höss
On 16 April 1947, Rudolf Höss was hanged in the courtyard next to the former crematorium of Auschwitz. Höss was the Commander of the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp. In this role, he was responsible for the deaths of nearly one million Jews and other prisoners in …
World Wars: Rudolf Höss - Commandant of Auschwitz - BBC
Feb 17, 2011 · According to Whitney Harris, the American prosecutor who interrogated him at the Nuremberg trials, Rudolf Höss appeared 'normal', 'like a grocery clerk'. And former prisoners who encountered...
News / Museum / Auschwitz-Birkenau
We are publishing mostly unknown photographs from the execution of Rudolf Hoess, commandant of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp. They were taken by the late Stanisław Dąbrowiecki, a press photographer, on April 16, 1947. They were kept secret for several decades in communist Poland.
The confession of Rudolf Höss - The National Archives
The confession of Rudolf Höss, commandant of Auschwitz and Auschwitz-Birkenau (catalogue reference WO 309/217) Statement made voluntarily at Gaol by Rudolf HOESS former commandant of...
Rudolf Höss: The mastermind of Auschwitz - Sky HISTORY
Höss was instrumental in expanding Auschwitz from a rudimentary set-up to a sprawling complex consisting of separate facilities – including forced labour camps and areas set aside specifically for exterminating men, women and children.