Dan Snow & History Hit were given unique access to the house formerly home to the Commandant of the camp, Rudolf Höss.
Inside Dan uncovers chilling evidence of the horrors that unfolded 80 years ago and learns what life was like for the family whilst living there.
Special thanks to the Counter Extremism Project and the Auschwitz-Birkinau State Museum.
Additional thanks to Thomas Harding and Dr Schindler for speaking with us.
00:00 INTRO
00:51 THE CAMP
01:46 ENTERING THE HOUSE
06:27 THE BASEMENT
10:20 THE GARDEN
11:07 ABOUT HOSS AND HIS FAMILY WITH HISTORIAN THOMAS HARDING
12:55 WHO CAUGHT HOSS?
15:03 HOSS’S DAUGHTER
17:10 WHAT DID THE HOSS FAMILY KNOW?
20:00 THE HOUSE AFTER WW2
21:00 NEW DISCOVERIES
You can discover more about the history of Hoss and what happened here 80 years ago on Dan Snow’s History Hit podcast: https://rb.gy/p0mr75
Thomas’ book about his great uncles experiences of hunting down and capturing Hoss, Hanns and Rudolf is available to purchase from Penguin now: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/417187/hanns-and-rudolf-by-thomas-harding/9780099559054
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Funny how no Germans ever knew what was happening in the death camps.
but cant block ears