(JTA) — About a decade ago, Rainer Hoess began making media appearances to discuss the actions of his grandfather Rudolf, the longest-serving commander of the Auschwitz death camp. Eloquent and ...
Sitting down to reflect upon Grace Elizabeth Hale’s memoir “In the Pines” — named the best Mississippi History Book by the Mississippi Historical Society last year — I encountered “A House at Auschwit ...
Inside the family home, Rudolf Höss – the longest serving SS commandant of Auschwitz – dreamt up the most efficient way to kill the millions of Jews, Roma, homosexuals and political prisoners that ...