Rudolf Höss

About the Author

Rudolf Höss (1901–1946) was a German Nazi official and the longest-serving commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II, where he oversaw the systematic extermination of millions as part of the Holocaust. Born in Baden-Baden, Höss joined the Nazi Party in 1922 and rose through the ranks of the SS, becoming a key figure in the implementation of the Final Solution. Captured by British forces in 1946, he was extradited to Poland and tried for war crimes. Before his execution by hanging at Auschwitz, Höss penned his memoirs, offering a chilling firsthand account of the atrocities he orchestrated, providing invaluable historical testimony on the machinery of genocide.