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      • Höss was hanged in 1947 following a trial before the Polish Supreme National Tribunal.
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  1. Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Höss (also Höß, Hoeß, or Hoess; German:; 25 November 1901 – 16 April 1947) [4] [5] [6] 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 ...

  2. 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.

  3. Feb 20, 2024 · Jonathan Glazer’s historical drama film ‘The Zone of Interest’ ends with Rudolf Höss securing a return to the Auschwitz concentration camp, where he oversaw the execution of millions. He sets out to go back to the place to make sure thousands of Hungarian Jews will meet the same end.

  4. 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 million...

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  5. The VENGEFUL Execution Of Rudolf Höss - The Commandant of Auschwitz. TheUntoldPast. 555K subscribers. 38K. 5.3M views 3 years ago. ...more. One of the greatest crimes in History was the...

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  6. Aug 13, 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.

  7. At 10 am on Wednesday April 16, 1947, the former commandant of Auschwitz extermination camp, SS Oberstürm bannführer (lieutenant colonel) Rudolph Hoess, briskly walked under armed escort toward the small wooden gallows specifically built for him inside the camp grounds.

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