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

    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 ...

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

    Jan 4, 2024 · The Zone of Interest is a new film by Jonathan Glazer that explores the everyday life of Rudolf Höss and his family, who lived near the Nazi death camp Auschwitz. The film raises questions about human nature, complicity and the banality of evil.

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  4. www.britannica.com › biography › Rudolf-Franz-HossRudolf Franz Höss - Encyclopedia Britannica

    Apr 12, 2024 · 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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  7. www.annefrank.org › en › timelineThe execution of Auschwitz Commander Rudolf Höss

    Rudolf Höss was the commander of Auschwitz, where he oversaw the murder of nearly one million Jews and others. He was hanged in 1947 after being tried in Poland and testifying in the Nuremberg Trials.

  8. www.bbc.co.uk › history › worldwarsWorld Wars: Rudolf Höss - Commandant of Auschwitz - BBC

    Feb 17, 2011 · Learn about the life and career of Rudolf Höss, the man who built and ran the Auschwitz death camp, where over a million people were murdered. Explore his background, beliefs, role and legacy in the Nazi regime.

  9. www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org › rudolf-h-ouml-ssRudolf 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.

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

    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.

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