Dan Snow & History Hit were given unique access to the house formerly home to the Commandant of the camp, Rudolf Höss. Inside ...

This was not just any house. It is the villa where the commandant of Auschwitz Rudolf Hoess lived with his wife and five children – including Brigitte, who lived there until she was 11 years old.

The former home of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss, which is being transformed into the Auschwitz Center on Hate, Extremism and Radicalization, is seen on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025, in Oswiecim, Poland.

Inside the 'paradise' next to Auschwitz, as MailOnline's Harry Howard tours home where Nazi commandant Rudolf Höss and his family enjoyed idyllic life, but left behind chilling relics that were ...

Rudolf Höss’ brood of blond little sons and daughters had no way of knowing — or at least no way of understanding — that their father was overseeing the greatest slaughter our species has ever ...

Rudolf Höss is your grandfather'',' he told Germany's FOCUS magazine. Höss was the commandant of the Auschwitz death camp from May 4, 1940 to November 1943, and again from May 8, 1944 to January ...

Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess oversaw the slaughter of around 1.1 million Jews, along with 20,000 gypsies and tens of thousands of Polish and Russian political prisoners. Metres away, his family — ...

Exploring the legacy of Auschwitz, it follows Hans-Joergen Höss, son of commandant Rudolf Höss, and grandson Kai, on an emotional journey.

In one passage, Auschwitz commandant Paul Doll (a fictionalized version of Rudolf Höss) complains about his workload: “As if I didn’t have ‘enough on my plate,’ ” he grumbles.