Rudolf Höss
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Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Höss was a German SS officer, a war criminal, and the commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp. After the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of World War II, he lived unde
Höss in 1944
Appointment order of Rudolf Höss as Commander of Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Höss (far right) with commander of Auschwitz I Richard Baer and Auschwitz chief medical officer Josef Mengele in 1944
The ramp at Birkenau, 1944. Chimneys of Crematoria II and III are visible on the horizon.
Auschwitz concentration camp
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Auschwitz, also known as Oświęcim, was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II and the Holocaust. It consisted of Aus
Rudolf Höss
…Ferdinand Höss (also Höß, Hoeß, or Hoess; German: ; 25 November 1901 – 16 April 1947) was a German SS officer, a war criminal, and the commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp. After the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of World War II, he lived under a false name until discovered by the British, who then turned him over…
Auschwitz I b
Auschwitz
Auschwitz I, 2013 (50°01′39″N 19°12′18″E / 50.0275°N 19.2050°E / 50.0275; 19.2050 (Auschwitz I))
Auschwitz I, 2009; the prisoner reception center of Auschwitz I became the visitor reception center of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.