Rudolf Höss, the man who ran the most notorious Nazi death camp, was his grandfather. “I was shocked, and I was ashamed,” ...

(JTA) — About a decade ago, Rainer Hoess began making media appearances to discuss the actions of his grandfather Rudolf, the longest-serving commander of the Auschwitz death camp. Eloquent and ...

Kai Höss grew up knowing little about his family’s past. When he was in fifth grade, though, he stumbled upon a name in his ...

In a cinema in south-west Germany, an audience is gathered to watch an Oscar-winning film, The Zone of Interest, about the life of Rudolf Höss, commandant of Auschwitz. Those present comprise Jewish ...

Here at Auschwitz concentration camp in South West Poland the Commandant Rudolf Höss would wrestle with the task of organizing the mass murder of innocent civilians, including—for the first ...

Himmler also witnessed the gassing of Jews, and he promoted Rudolf Höss, Auschwitz’s commandant, to SS Lieutenant Colonel. “I’ll never forget what I saw. Those little children, those people.

Rudolf Hoess was the Commandant of Auschwitz Concentration Camp during World War II. Under his command it is estimated that at least 1.1 million people died in the camp.

NARRATOR: Rudolph Hoss passed the time before his trial recording his experience of commandant of Auschwitz and his service ... NARRATOR: Rudolf Hoss, the man who had been in charge of the site ...

NARRATOR: After the war, while he awaited trial, Rudolf Hoss wrote about the process ... report about the role of Rudolph Höss, the commandant of Auschwitz, in the Holocaust, based on the ...

While never losing sight of the suffering of the victims, this documentary offers a unique and alarming look at the mindset of the perpetratos - killers like the Commandant of Auschwitz Rudolf Hoess, ...

While never losing sight of the suffering of the victims, this documentary offers a unique and alarming look at the mindset of the perpetratos - killers like the Commandant of Auschwitz Rudolf Hoess, ...