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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Rudolf_HössRudolf Höss - Wikipedia

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   Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Höss (also Höß, Hoeß, or Hoess; German:; 25 November 1901 – 16 April 1947) was a German SS officer and the commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp. 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 ...

2. www.britannica.com › biography › Rudolf-Franz-HossRudolf Franz Hoss | Biography, Auschwitz, & Execution

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   4 days ago · Rudolf Franz Höss (born November 25, 1900, Baden-Baden, Germany—died April 16, 1947, Auschwitz [Oświęcim], Poland) was a German soldier and Nazi partisan 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. After ...

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4. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › the-real-historyThe Real History Behind 'The Zone of Interest' and Rudolf Höss

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   Jan 4, 2024 · These peaceful domestic scenes masked a dark reality: Rudolf was the Nazi officer in charge of Auschwitz, the concentration and extermination camp where the Nazis killed an estimated 1.1...

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5. www.bbc.co.uk › hoss_commandant_auschwitz_01World Wars: Rudolf Höss - Commandant of Auschwitz - BBC

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   Feb 17, 2011 · Rudolf Höss - Commandant of Auschwitz. By Laurence Rees. Last updated 2011-02-17. Auschwitz is a place of unparalleled horror and the site of the largest mass murder in history. Laurence...

6. allthatsinteresting.com › rudolf-hossRudolf Höss, The Nazi Architect Of Mass Murder At Auschwitz

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   Jul 8, 2023 · By Kaleena Fraga | Edited By John Kuroski. Published July 8, 2023. Updated November 7, 2023. Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss expanded the camp's operations and pioneered the use of Zyklon B gas chambers, making him responsible for more than 1 million deaths.

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7. www.wikiwand.com › en › Rudolf_HössRudolf Höss - Wikiwand

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   Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Höss was a German SS officer and the commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp. 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.

8. www.auschwitz.org › en › museumNews / Museum / Auschwitz-Birkenau

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   Apr 25, 2007 · Auschwitz Commandant Rudolf Hoess on the Gallows. 25-04-2007. An article in the monthly Focus Historia is devoted to the execution of camp commandant Rudolf Hoess at the Auschwitz site in April 1947, and the photographs taken at the time. We are publishing mostly unknown photographs from the execution of Rudolf Hoess, commandant of the ...