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'''Rudolf Hoess''' (1900-1947) was a Nazi SS-[[Nazi SS and military ranks|Obersturmbannfuhrer]] who commanded the [[Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp|Sachsenhausen] (1938 -1940) and[[Auschwitz Concentration Camp]]s (4 May 1940 to 10 November 1943). | '''Rudolf Hoess''' (1900-1947) was a Nazi SS-[[Nazi SS and military ranks|Obersturmbannfuhrer]] who commanded the [[Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp|Sachsenhausen]] (1938 -1940) and[[Auschwitz Concentration Camp]]s (4 May 1940 to 10 November 1943). | ||
He testified extensively at the [[International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg)]], and was executed by a Polish court in 1947 | He testified extensively at the [[International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg)]], and was executed by a Polish court in 1947 | ||
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Rudolf Hoess (1900-1947) was a Nazi SS-Obersturmbannfuhrer who commanded the Sachsenhausen (1938 -1940) andAuschwitz Concentration Camps (4 May 1940 to 10 November 1943).
He testified extensively at the International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg), and was executed by a Polish court in 1947
When he joined the SS in 1933, "I was on an estate as a leader of an Atamanen group at the time the Reichs Fuehrer SS [Himmler] summoned me and sent me to Dachau. [1]
References
- ↑ "Testimony of Rudolf Hoess", International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg), 1 April 1946