Friday, March 17, 2023

A FINAL SOLUTION

Rudolf Hoess

 

By Sylvester Orho

 

Quora

March 17, 2023




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Rudolf Hoess, the commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, is hanged in 1947 next to the crematorium at the camp

 

Rudolf Hoess (Rudolf Höss) was the architect and commandant of the largest killing center ever created, the death camp Auschwitz, whose name has come to symbolize humanity’s ultimate descent into evil.

On 1 May 1940, Hoess was appointed commandant of a prison camp in western Poland. The camp was built around an old Austro-Hungarian (and later Polish) army barracks near the town of Oswiecim; its German name was Auschwitz.

Hoess commanded the camp for three and a half years, during which he expanded the original facility into a sprawling complex known as Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

After visiting Treblinka’s extermination camp to study its methods of human extermination, Hoess, beginning on 3 September 1941, tested and perfected the techniques of mass killing that made Auschwitz the most efficiently murderous instrument of the Final Solution.

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Elizabeth Becker  

 

By Mahesh Lamsal

 

Elizabeth Becker is hanged in 1946 at the Stuthoff concentration camp

 

Elizabeth Becker was a guard at the Stuthoff concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II. She was known for her sadistic behavior towards the prisoners, which included beating and torturing them. However, on January 15, 1945, Becker fled the camp while Nazi Germany was still in power. The reason for her escape is not known for certain, but it may have been due to the impending defeat of the Nazis and the fear of being held accountable for her crimes.

Becker's attempt to escape was made more difficult by the fact that Gdansk, where she was located, was surrounded and prevented the escape of many Germans. Despite this, she managed to hide for a period of time before eventually being arrested by Polish authorities. While in custody, it is rumored that she flirted with her Polish guards, which added to her notoriety as a cruel and unrepentant perpetrator of crimes against humanity.

After her capture, Becker was put on trial for her role in the atrocities committed at the Stuthoff concentration camp. She was found guilty and publicly hanged in 1946 at the very same camp where she had committed her crimes. Her execution served as a powerful reminder of the horrific acts committed by Nazi Germany during the Holocaust, and of the importance of holding individuals accountable for their actions in the face of crimes against humanity.

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