Rudolf Hoess was a German SS officer during the Nazi era who, after the defeat of Nazi Germany, was convicted for war crimes.
The result: a vivid and unforgettable picture of the 20th century\'s defining and most horrific event..
A careful checking by researchers showed he took great pains to tell the truth.
Like most things in his life, Hoess undertook the Autobiography with great diligence.
During his imprisonment, at the request of the Polish authorities, he wrote his memoirs, released in English under the title Commandant of Auschwitz: The Autobiography of Rudolf Hoess .
Hoess was hanged in 1947 following a trial before the Polish Supreme National Tribunal.
On the initiative of one of his subordinates Hoess introduced the pesticide Zyklon B to be used in gas chambers, where more than a million people were killed.
He tested and implemented means to accelerate Hitler\'s order to systematically exterminate the Jewish population of Nazi-occupied Europe, known as the Final Solution.
He was the longest-serving Commandant of the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp (from 4 May 1940 to November 1943, and again from 8 May 1944 to 18 January 1945).
Rudolf Hoess was a German SS officer during the Nazi era who, after the defeat of Nazi Germany, was convicted for war crimes
