Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Hoess Hoess was arrested by the British Military Police near Flensburg in Schleswig-Holstein on March 11 1946. He was interrogated by Field Security on March 13 and 14. Later that month he was handed over to the Americans and taken to Nuremberg, where he was again interrogated in April in connection with the trial of Kaltenbrunner the so-called "Pohl Trial" and the "IG Farben Trial." During the period April 9-16 he had several conversations with the American prison psychiatrist Dr. Gilbert ... 8 On May 25 1946, he was handed over to the Polish authorities and removed to Cracow and later to Warsaw to await trial. The trial did not take place until the following March...... he was condemned to death and executed in April 1947. Full text of "COMMANDANT OF AUSCHWITZ" Warning ... photos maybe upsetting ..... your discretion is advised Rudolf Hoess, Death Dealer of Auschwitz
HEDWIG HOESS Hedwig Hoess was born Hedwig Hensel 1908 and in 1929 she met and married Rudolf Hoess. During the time he was commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp they produced four children. To protect his family from any future 'finger pointing' he consciously lied to his wife about the goings on in the camp. They lived in a villa not far from the camp but she never made a visit to the place. No wonder then that Hedwig often referred to Auschwitz as 'paradise' as they lacked for nothing. Food and clothing were confiscated from the Jews luggage before they were gassed. In order to protect their children from future stigma and fingerprinting her husband consciously lied about his work in the camp and especially about the gassings. When she overheard comments made by Fritz Bracht, Gauleiter of Silesia, of what went on in the camp, she refused to share the same bed with her husband. Discovered living north of Flensburg with her eldest son, they were taken into custody by the British Army's 92 Field Security Section. They were interrogated for six days as to where her husband was, but she repeatedly said that he was dead. She finally relented and wrote down the address where he was living. He was at this time working as a farm labourer under the name of Franz Lang. After his arrest Hedwig Hoess and her son were released. Hedwig sought a new life in Germany where she re-married and moved to America ... all her children live in the States now Translated version of http://www.auschwitz.org.pl/new/index.php?language=PL Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State . About . Transcripts | PBS
