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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). | |||
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 Concentration Camp|Dachau]]. <ref>{{citation | |||
| title = Testimony of Rudolf Hoess | |||
| url =http://www.mazal.org/archive/H%D6SS/TEXT/HOS1-005.htm | |||
| journal = [[International Military Tribunal (Nuremberg)]] | |||
| date = 1 April 1946}}</ref> | |||
==References== | |||
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Revision as of 13:29, 25 November 2010
Rudolf Hoess (1900-1947) was a Nazi SS-Obersturmbannfuhrer who commanded the [[Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp|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