Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess oversaw the slaughter of around ... of Polish and Russian political prisoners. Metres away, his family — including his daughter Brigitte — lived in a villa ...

I was with Rudolf Hoess’s grandson Rainer and daughter-in-law Irene, the first family members to return to the camp since the Kommandant’s departure in 1944. Recommended I met the family who ...

They called it a “paradise” but, these days, the former home of Auschwitz camp commander Rudolf Höss and his family is a pokey, depressing fixer-upper. Step inside and the entrance hallway ...