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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So the daughter loved him in spite of the atrocities than the daughter has the same personality as the father?
Very odd – looks like new radiators and modern double glazed windows have been installed.
My great uncle died there in 1943 🙏
Although I never met him, I learned from his death.
Never get drunk before climbing a guard tower
US and Israel is the new Nazi's now, so blame them too!
Well, Israel is doing a holocaust in Gaza atm.
So I don't really care about theirs in WW2 anymore.
I was there last year and wondered who on earth would live there
Stuck with me ever since
Do they not think, how was he able to do it? Because he personally didnt do it, he just enforced the rule and others below him had to do it.
I think he like many others were lead to believe these people were not human. Just like how the allies and everyone fighting against was made to believe that the nazis and Japanese were inhuman.
We still look at nazis and think they were sick disgusting inhuman beings, but the fact remains they were people, just like us, eat, sleep, love, pray, with daughters sons, familes friends etc etc, sadly we are all capable of horrible horrendous terrible things, some more than others. Very very sad. Im not excusing their terrible acts, but we are all human beings. 😞
I think too, its a bit rough to assume the kids would have known. How many kids today understand what the afghan war was about even 911 etc. etc. And how can someone love their father despite the acts he commited, what a stupid question. Thats her father, she is here because of him and the fact is that anyone can do horrible things. 😞
And yet some of our country men are not standing up for our Jewish brothers 🇮🇪❤️🇮🇱
The chain of command was the enabler of this atrocity.