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Rudolf Höss

German war criminal, commandant of auschwitz.

Born November 25th, 1901 in Baden-Baden. [ref]

Died April 16th, 1947 at 45 years old in Auschwitz I concentration camp (hanging). [ref]

Occupations
Beamter, military officer, politician, war criminal
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde