Rudolf Höss - Wikipedia
Höss was the longest-serving commandant of Auschwitz Concentration Camp (from 4 May 1940 to November 1943, and again from 8 May 1944 to 18 January 1945). He tested and implemented means to accelerate Hitler's order to systematically exterminate the Jewish population of Nazi-occupied Europe, known as the Final Solution.
Rudolf Franz Höss - Encyclopedia 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.
Rudolf Höss - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Höss (also Höß, Hoeß, or Hoess; 25 November 1901 – 16 April 1947) [1] [2] was a high-ranking member of the Nazi Schutzstaffel (SS) during World War II. He was in charge of Auschwitz concentration camp for about four years from 4 May 1940-18 January 1945.
World Wars: Rudolf Höss - Commandant of Auschwitz - BBC
Feb 17, 2011 · Höss's long career in concentration camps prepared him step-by-step for the moment when the gassings began at Auschwitz, thereby allowing him carry on, calmly and faithfully,...
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 ...
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.
Rudolf Höss - Jewish Virtual Library
Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Höss was the Nazi commandant of the Auschwitz extermination camp. Höss was born on November 25, 1900, in Baden-Baden, a town in southwest Germany. In high school, he trained for the priesthood yet his father’s death and the outset of World War I changed those career plans.
Höss, Rudolf - Holocaust Encyclopedia
Rudolf Höss (25 Nov. 1901 – 16 April 1947), SS Obersturmbannführer, served at the Dachau Concentration Camp from December 1934 until 1938, then at the Sachsenhausen Camp until May 1940, when he was charged with setting up the new Auschwitz Camp, where he became commandant in October of that year.
A House at Auschwitz Opens Its Doors to a Chilling Past
23 hours ago · But the house in Oswiecim, southern Poland, once the home of the death camp’s wartime commandant, Rudolf Höss, was “a great place to raise children,” said Grazyna Jurczak, 62, a widow who ...
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 …