Rudolf Hoess/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Rudolf Hoess.

(1900-1947) SS-Obersturmbannfuhrer; Commanded Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp (1938 -1940); first Commandant of Auschwitz Concentration Camp (4 May 1940 to 10 November 1943); testified extensively at the International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg); executed by a Polish court in 1947