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Rudolf Höss

1901 - 1947

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Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Höss (also Höß, Hoeß, or Hoess; German: [hœs]; 25 November 1901 – 16 April 1947) was a German SS officer and the commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp. After the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of World War II, he was convicted in Poland and executed for war crimes committed on the prisoners of the Auschwitz concentration camp and for his role in the Holocaust. Höss was the longest-serving commandant of Auschwitz Concentration Camp (from 4 May 1940 to November 1943, and again from 8 May 1944 to 18 January 1945). 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolf Höss is the 389th most popular politician (up from 673rd in 2019), the 100th most popular biography from Germany (up from 180th in 2019) and the 26th most popular German Politician.

Rudolf Höss was a high-ranking Nazi SS officer who served as the commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland during World War II. He was arrested by British forces in 1946, and was tried in 1947 in Poland for war crimes, sentenced to death, and executed by hanging on April 16, 1947.

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Among politicians, Rudolf Höss ranks 389 out of 19,576. Before him are Viktor Yanukovych, Artaxerxes II of Persia, Klemens von Metternich, Raúl Castro, Yitzhak Rabin, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. After him are Vyacheslav Molotov, Peter III of Russia, Charles I of Anjou, Peisistratos, Olof Palme, and Bahadur Shah Zafar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Rudolf Höss ranks 8. Before him are Walt Disney, Werner Heisenberg, Marlene Dietrich, Enrico Fermi, Sukarno, and Louis Armstrong. After him are Jacques Lacan, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, Fulgencio Batista, Clark Gable, Linus Pauling, and Leopold III of Belgium. Among people deceased in 1947, Rudolf Höss ranks 6. Before him are Max Planck, Aleister Crowley, Henry Ford, Al Capone, and Christian X of Denmark. After him are Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, Philipp Lenard, Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, George II of Greece, Kurt Lewin, and Jozef Tiso.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rudolf Höss ranks 100 out of 7,253. Before him are Caspar David Friedrich (1774), Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775), Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (1758), Wilhelm Keitel (1882), Klemens von Metternich (1773), and Karl Jaspers (1883). After him are Peter III of Russia (1728), Charles Bukowski (1920), Heinz Guderian (1888), Ludwig Feuerbach (1804), Pope Joan (null), and Gerhard Schröder (1944).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Rudolf Höss ranks 26. Before him are Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1050), Clara Zetkin (1857), Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (955), Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845), Charles the Bald (823), and Klemens von Metternich (1773). After him are Peter III of Russia (1728), Gerhard Schröder (1944), Rudolf I of Germany (1218), Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893), William the Silent (1533), and Frederick William III of Prussia (1770).

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