In 7th grade history, Kai Höss learned that his grandfather, Rudolf Höss, was Nazi SS officer and Auschwitz commandant who was responsible for the deaths of 1.1 million people, mostly Jews.

Before his transfer, this Nazi officer, described by Germaine Tillion as "massive and brutal," was the deputy to Rudolf Höss, the commander of Auschwitz. He vanished at the war's end, never tried.

Pale-eyed Rudolf Hoess. commandant of Auschwitz, begged Eichmann to ease up because he was receiving more human “freight” than he could conveniently kill.

In December 2023, Warner Bros. Discovery signed a deal with A24 to bring the distributor's theatrical releases to their Max streaming service in 2024. Thus, any new A24 release will be headed to ...

The former home of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss, which is being transformed into the Auschwitz Center on Hate, Extremism and Radicalization, is seen on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025, in Oswiecim, Poland.

OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — A U.S.-based organization is transforming the house of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss into a research center devoted to fighting extremism, and is introducing it to the… ...