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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 joined the Nazi Party in 1922, joined the SS in June 1934, and began his career in the Nazi concentration camp system in November of the same year. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolf Höss has received more than 7,227,161 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Rudolf Höss is the 673rd most popular politician (down from 462nd in 2019), the 180th most popular biography from Germany (down from 127th in 2019) and the 49th 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

Among politicians, Rudolf Höss ranks 673 out of 19,576. Before him are Olaf Scholz, Afonso I of Portugal, Sauli Niinistö, Manuel I Komnenos, Edward V of England, and Samo. After him are Lycurgus of Sparta, Sargon II, Shunzhi Emperor, Musa I of Mali, Frederick William II of Prussia, and Louis the Stammerer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Rudolf Höss ranks 15. Before him are Jacques Lacan, Sukarno, Fulgencio Batista, Ngo Dinh Diem, Linus Pauling, and Clark Gable. After him are Alberto Giacometti, Princess Märtha of Sweden, Magda Goebbels, Paul of Greece, Ernest Lawrence, and Gary Cooper. Among people deceased in 1947, Rudolf Höss ranks 7. Before him are Max Planck, Henry Ford, Al Capone, Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, Philipp Lenard, and Christian X of Denmark. After him are Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, Aleister Crowley, Kurt Lewin, George II of Greece, Jozef Tiso, and Victor Horta.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rudolf Höss ranks 180 out of 7,253. Before him are Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (1361), Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714), Alexander Van der Bellen (1944), Friedrich Fröbel (1782), Olaf Scholz (1958), and Walter Model (1891). After him are Erich Raeder (1876), Frederick William II of Prussia (1744), Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729), Christian I of Denmark (1426), Hans Frank (1900), and Baron d'Holbach (1723).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Rudolf Höss ranks 49. Before him are Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1926), George II of Great Britain (1683), Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (990), Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (1361), Alexander Van der Bellen (1944), and Olaf Scholz (1958). After him are Frederick William II of Prussia (1744), Christian I of Denmark (1426), Hans Frank (1900), Augustus III of Poland (1696), Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (955), and Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1282).

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