Rudolf Höss

other locations. Death camps existed for the sole purpose of killing Jews and other “undesirables” in what became known as the holocaust. Auschwitz the largest and arguably the most notorious of all the Nazi death camps its first commandant was Rudolf hoss (1900-47) By mid-1942 the majority of those being sent by the Nazis to Auschwitz were Jews. Upon arriving at the camp detainees were examined by Nazi doctors. Those detainees considered unfit for work including young children the elderly,…

In the summer of 1941, however, Heinrich Himmler requested Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss to Berlin to verbally inform him of his future plans for Auschwitz: 'Yes. In the summer of 1941 1 was summoned to Berlin to Reichsfuhrer SS Himmler to receive personal orders. He told me something to the effect--I do not remember the exact words--that…

I would like to continue about what happened within the camp for more detail. Yes it is me, reporter Simone, but I was too ashamed not to continue in depth. Our ride from the safe house led us to a concentration camp in Poland. When we showed up there were Jews from all over Europe. As I walked in a sign read “Arbeit Macht Frei” which translates to “Work will set you free”. This was odd and cruel considering that No matter how much we work we will never be set free, that is unless you count…

Although Dachau was labeled a concentration camp it also served as a training camp for SS troops. The second Commandant Theodor Eicke made Dachau a model for other camps with doing so he was charged with training other SS Commandants, most notably Rudolf Hoss future Commandant of Auschwitz…

morning/afternoon, today I will be speaking about Auschwitz, Josef Mengele and the experiments held there. Auschwitz was the largest of all Nazi death camps and likely to be the most notorious of all. Opened in the spring of 1940, its first commandant was Rudolf Hoss, who had history running other concentration camps throughout Germany. During World War II, more than 1 million people lost their lives in Auschwitz. In January 1945, with the Soviet Army approaching, Nazi officials ordered the…

inspect the site. Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, head of the Schutzstaffel approved the site in April, 1940. The first prisoners were 30 German criminal prisoners transferred from the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. SS-Obersturmbannführer Rudolf Höss (Manager of the camp) thought that the 30 German Prisoners that will be living are giving them as a picture of how the facility will…

The Nuremberg Trials Justice is an elusive thing in the world and it is usually undermined by those in power. Consistently in history the victor is the one who determines their own justice. However, after WWII the allied powers of the United Kingdom, United States of America and the Soviet Union set a precedent for convicting war criminals and the means of doing so. The Nuremberg trials sought to bring credible justice, not just victor's justice, to the men responsible for the atrocities…

The concept of identity is a very complex one. We can look at identity in terms of gender, race, ethnicity, or religion. Or, we can look at identity in terms of individuality, relating to specific qualities and attributes that help define someone 's character. Kwame Anthony Appiah, author of “Racial Identities,” proposes ideas to help readers think about the relationship between individual and collective identity. Collective identity provides a basis for understanding a particular group, whether…

Regarded as “the most effective concentration camp of World War II”, Auschwitz concentration camp is guilty of the mass murder of 1.1 million Jews. Even though the Nazis tried to fulfill their goal of the extermination of all Jews and did not succeed, Auschwitz was the worst environment to live in, with its many atrocities and wretched living conditions. Auschwitz, being located in Oswiecim, Poland, imported dozens of overcrowded trains with captured humans at the camp everyday (Whiting, 32)…

Chapter 1: What is the historical event about? The Final Solution: The mass killing of The Holocaust 1.1 Concept of Superiority and Anti-Semitism After the World War I, Adolf Hitler who was the leader of a political organization called Nazis, became the dictator of Germany in January 1933. During his rise to power, he successfully convinced the people to believe that Germans with fair skin tone, blond hair and blue eyes were the superior form of human which was also known as the master race of…