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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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolf Höss has received more than 5,365,315 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolf Höss is the 463rd most popular politician (up from 469th in 2019), the 127th most popular biography from Germany (up from 136th in 2019) and the 32nd 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 463 out of 15,577Before him are Augustus II the Strong, Georges Pompidou, Lothair I, Arcadius, Robert the Bruce, and Handan Sultan. After him are Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, John Adams, Ursula von der Leyen, Mustafa III, Leopold I of Belgium, and Murad V.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Rudolf Höss ranks 11Before him are Louis Armstrong, Enrico Fermi, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, Jacques Lacan, Linus Pauling, and Clark Gable. After him are Sukarno, Fulgencio Batista, Leopold III of Belgium, Ngo Dinh Diem, Magda Goebbels, and Gary Cooper. Among people deceased in 1947, Rudolf Höss ranks 5Before him are Max Planck, Henry Ford, Al Capone, and Victor Emmanuel III of Italy. After him are Aleister Crowley, Kurt Lewin, Philipp Lenard, Christian X of Denmark, Jozef Tiso, Victor Horta, and George II of Greece.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rudolf Höss ranks 127 out of 6,142Before him are Clara Zetkin (1857), George I of Great Britain (1660), Georg Philipp Telemann (1681), Heinrich Böll (1917), Augustus II the Strong (1670), and Michael Schumacher (1969). After him are Queen Silvia of Sweden (1943), Leopold I of Belgium (1790), Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767), Novalis (1772), Bruce Willis (1955), and Agrippina the Younger (15).

Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Rudolf Höss ranks 32Before him are Frederick III, German Emperor (1831), George II of Great Britain (1683), Henry the Fowler (876), Clara Zetkin (1857), George I of Great Britain (1660), and Augustus II the Strong (1670). After him are Leopold I of Belgium (1790), Agrippina the Younger (15), Frederick William I of Prussia (1688), Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845), Charles the Fat (839), and Franz von Papen (1879).