- Summary
- "Rudolf Höss 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, Höss 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. Höss 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 Höss throughout his life, from his childhood through his Nazi command and eventual reckoning at Nuremberg. Using historical records and Höss' autobiography, it explores the life and mind of one of history's most notorious and sadistic individuals"-- Provided by publisher.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Primomo, John W., 1952- author.
- Published
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]
- Locale
- Poland
Oświęcim
Germany
Oswiecim
- Contents
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Escape and Capture
Early Years
The SS
Creation of Auschwitz
The Code of Barbarism
Entrance Into Hell
Life Within the Wire
Crystal Death
Property, Corruption and the Inspectorate
Justice
Responsibility and Atonement
Execution.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Escape and Capture -- Early Years -- The SS -- Creation of Auschwitz -- The Code of Barbarism -- Entrance Into Hell -- Life Within the Wire -- Crystal Death -- Property, Corruption and the Inspectorate -- Justice -- Responsibility and Atonement -- Execution.
