Architect of Death at Auschwitz
A Biography of Rudolf Hoss
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2020
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8146-7 (ISBN)
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8146-7 (ISBN)
Rudolf Hoss has been called the greatest mass murderer in history. As the longest-serving commandant of Auschwitz, he supervised the killing of more than 1.1 million people. This biography follows Hoss throughout his life, from his childhood through his Nazi command and eventual reckoning at Nuremberg.
Rudolf Hoss has been called the greatest mass murderer in history. As the longest-serving commandant of Auschwitz, he supervised the killing of more than 1.1 million people. Unlike many of his Nazi colleagues who denied either knowing about or participating in the Holocaust, Hoss remorselessly admitted, both at the Nuremberg war crimes trial and in his memoirs, that he sent hundreds of thousands of Jews to their deaths in the gas chambers, frankly describing the killing process. His "innovations" included the use of hydrogen cyanide (derived from the pesticide Zyklon B) in the camp's gas chambers. Hoss lent his name to the 1944 operation that gassed 430,000 Hungarian Jews in 56 days, exceeding the capacity of the Auschwitz's crematoria.
This biography follows Hoss throughout his life, from his childhood through his Nazi command and eventual reckoning at Nuremberg. Using historical records and Hoss' autobiography, it explores the life and mind of one of history's most notorious and sadistic individuals.
Rudolf Hoss has been called the greatest mass murderer in history. As the longest-serving commandant of Auschwitz, he supervised the killing of more than 1.1 million people. Unlike many of his Nazi colleagues who denied either knowing about or participating in the Holocaust, Hoss remorselessly admitted, both at the Nuremberg war crimes trial and in his memoirs, that he sent hundreds of thousands of Jews to their deaths in the gas chambers, frankly describing the killing process. His "innovations" included the use of hydrogen cyanide (derived from the pesticide Zyklon B) in the camp's gas chambers. Hoss lent his name to the 1944 operation that gassed 430,000 Hungarian Jews in 56 days, exceeding the capacity of the Auschwitz's crematoria.
This biography follows Hoss throughout his life, from his childhood through his Nazi command and eventual reckoning at Nuremberg. Using historical records and Hoss' autobiography, it explores the life and mind of one of history's most notorious and sadistic individuals.
John W. Primomo is a retired United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Texas in San Antonio.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments deletevi
Preface
Introduction
I. Escape and Capture
II. Early Years
III. The SS
IV. Creation of Auschwitz
V. The Code of Barbarism
VI. Entrance Into Hell
VII. Life Within the Wire
VIII. Crystal Death
IX. Property, Corruption and the Inspectorate
X. Justice
XI. Responsibility and Atonement
XII. Execution
XIII. Conclusion
Appendix I: Höss Statement of March 14, 1946
Appendix II: Höss Affidavit of April 5, 1946
Appendix III: Photos of Child Victims
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.09.2020 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 46 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, index |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 322 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4766-8146-5 / 1476681465 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-8146-7 / 9781476681467 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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