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

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   Höss was hanged in 1947 following a trial before the Polish Supreme National Tribunal. During his imprisonment, at the request of the Polish authorities, Höss wrote his memoirs, released in English under the title Commandant of Auschwitz: The Autobiography of Rudolf Hoess.

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3. www.annefrank.org › en › timelineThe execution of Auschwitz Commander Rudolf Höss

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   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 the camp.

4. thecinemaholic.com › rudolf-and-hedwig-hossWhat Happened to Rudolf and Hedwig Höss After The Zone of ...

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   Feb 20, 2024 · Rudolf Höss Was Hanged at Auschwitz. In 1944, Rudolf returned to the Auschwitz concentration camp to oversee the mass execution of around 434,000 Hungarian Jews, who were transported to the place in 56 days. At the time, the crematoriums at the camp were only able to dispose of around 132,000 bodies a month.

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6. www.youtube.com › watchThe hanging of Rudolf Hoess at Auschwitz - YouTube

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   Sep 7, 2008 · The site of the execution of Rudolf Höss quite close to his former office and the gas chamber in crematorium one at Auschwitz where he was commandant from 1940 - 1943. ...more.

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   Apr 25, 2007 · The court announced its verdict, sentencing Hoess to death by hanging, on April 2, 1947. The day after the verdict, former prisoners petitioned the court for the execution to take place on the grounds of the camp.

8. rarehistoricalphotos.com › rudolf-hoess-commandantRudolf Hoess, the commandant of the Auschwitz concentration ...

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   Nov 23, 2014 · Hoess was sentenced to death by hanging on 2 April 1947. The sentence was carried out on 16 April immediately adjacent to the crematorium of the former Auschwitz I concentration camp. The gallows were constructed specifically for that purpose, at the location of the camp Gestapo.

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   Why did Rudolph Hoess go to the gallows?

   • Rudolph Hoess, commandant of Auschwitz, went to the gallows for his war crimes. This article appears in: June 2010

   Rudolf Hoess: Infamous Mass Murderer of Auschwitz

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   What happened to Hedwig Höss before he was arrested?

   • Before the arrest of Rudolf, British intelligence traced Hedwig Höss and their children to a village near Belsen, Germany. She was eventually captured and officers interrogated her to garner the location of her husband. Hedwig always responded that Rudolf was “dead” despite the number of days she was questioned.

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   Why did John Höss write his autobiography before he was hanged?

   • Höss wrote his autobiography while awaiting execution. Four days before he was hanged, Höss sent a message to the state prosecutor, including these comments: "My conscience compels me to make the following declaration. In the solitude of my prison cell I have come to the bitter recognition that I have sinned gravely against humanity.

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   Why did Hoess kill Hodys?

   • Hodys was eventually murdered in the last days of the war. Crippled by anxieties and stress, Hoess grew noticeably distant from those closest to him, and he often took long horse rides in the nearby woods in an attempt to clear the appalling images that flooded his mind.

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10. warfarehistorynetwork.com › article › rudolf-hoessRudolf Hoess: Infamous Mass Murderer of Auschwitz

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    In mid-July 1944, Aktion Hoess was terminated, but in a murderous 56-day rampage Rudolph Hoess had dispassionately butchered more than 585,000 Jewish men, women, and children, including 430,000 from Hungary alone.