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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The main motivation for gas chambers/vans was first solution through Himler to stop the german soldiers going crazy murdering folks(not every man is a killer)face to face,it was a big morale problem
You do not know history how Germany was persecuted…..why on the river Rhine castles were built.???
Is there any rebuttal about the camps? Im Scottish and don’t trust much of English media grandad was navy and spoke badly of English man’s command. 😢
Watching this adjacent to the Gazian genocide is even more disturbing.
This is very sick.Why does YouTube allow this disgusting video to play and they sensor stupid words and real life acts ,such as rape to be blocked out?!!I understand it's history but not the kind that's useful to anyone.😮😮😮
You’ve seen the movie Zone of Interest about Hoss and his family??
I visited that place years ago. I am still haunted by my experience. YET today, we have Israel (Jews) doing exactly that to the people of GAZA. No learning in any of it! 😢
Shocking what the Jews went through at the hands of Germans during that terrible war where men women and children were executed daily.
Shocking thing is that some Jews in this modern day were murdering men women and children in Gaza and the West Bank, indiscriminately executing women children and babies in their tens of thousands, makes no sense whatsoever, lebensraüm in today's World, crazy
Just think, it's basically what Isreal is doing to Palestine. But this time it’s okay if the United States is supplying the lethal gas. I find it puzzling that humans always find ways to repeat the unthinkable.