Kai Höss — grandson of Rudolf Höss, the infamous commandant of Auschwitz — visits the Pinkas Synagogue in Prague with his son, Samuel Ethan, in June 2023. (Courtesy of Kai Höss) By Sydney Page ...

In 7th grade history, Kai Höss learned that his grandfather, Rudolf Höss, was Nazi SS officer and Auschwitz commandant who was responsible for the deaths of 1.1 million people, mostly Jews.

Inside the family home, Rudolf Höss – the longest serving SS commandant of Auschwitz – dreamt up the most efficient way to kill the millions of Jews, Roma, ...

The home of the death camp’s wartime commandant, Rudolf Höss, which was the subject of the Oscar-winning movie “The Zone of Interest,” will soon welcome visitors.

Here, he recalls exactly what the daughter of Rudolf Hoess told him about life next door to where more than a million innocents were murdered. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent.

Hans is the son of Rudolf Höss, the former camp commandant of Auschwitz who was responsible for the murder of over a million Jews. A new HBO doc chronicles Hans’ journey to face his father’s ...

The surviving Höss family continued to put a distance between themselves and what Rudolf Höss had done. His wife Hedwig and daughter Brigitte moved to the United States following his execution.