German war criminal, commandant of Auschwitz (1901–1947)
SS officer who ran Auschwitz longer than anyone else and systematized the mechanics of industrial murder. He introduced Zyklon B to the gas chambers and oversaw the killing of over a million people.
Rudolf Höss was born 25 November 1901 in Germany. He became commandant of Auschwitz on 4 May 1940 and held the post until November 1943, then again from 8 May 1944 to 18 January 1945 — the longest tenure of any commandant there. During that span he tested and implemented methods to accelerate the Final Solution, Hitler's order to exterminate Europe's Jews. On the initiative of subordinate Karl Fritzsch, Höss adopted the pesticide Zyklon B for use in the camp's gas chambers. After Nazi Germany's defeat he lived under a false name until the British found him and handed him to Poland. He was conv…
Sourced, dated quotes from Rudolf Höss
Those not able to work were marched to the farmhouses. These were a good kilometer from the side track. There they were made to undress.
Burning 2000 people took about 24 hours in the five stoves. Usually we could manage to cremate only about 1700 to 1800.
They developed out of the situation. The courts brought in a lot of people who had to be shot.
Not justified - but Himmler told me that if the Jews were not exterminated at that time, then the German people would be exterminated for all time by the Jews.
There is a difference. If you kill to take money or rob, it is plain murder, but if you kill because of political reasons, that is a political murder.
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