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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.
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
May 28, 2024 · Rudolf Höss, who was responsible for the implementation of Auschwitz’s gas chambers, was executed for his war crimes in 1947 at the camp, at the request of surviving prisoners.
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.
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.
Jan 12, 2024 · The former house of Nazi Commandant Rudolf Höss, who served as Camp Commandant of Auschwitz from May 1940 to December 1943, shared the home with his wife Hedwig, and their two children.
Aug 19, 2020 · Rudolf Hoess or Höss (1901-1947) was a Schutzstaffel officer who became the first and longest-serving commandant of the notorious Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration facility. It was under Hoess’ command that Auschwitz became a death camp tasked with mass extermination of Jews and other minorities.
