The VENGEFUL Execution Of Rudolf Höss - The Commandant of Auschwitz 

I have been to Dachau Prison. Seen the inquisitors chair bolted to the floor, the barracks, the executioners wall, the hooks they hung people from, the ovens, the ash graves of over 20,000 people, the warehouse of suitcases, the paper suit that three prisoners wore. What effected me most of all were the little white shoes with the pink bows thrown on the mountain of shoes that were confiscated. They had to have been worn by a toddler. As an American soldier, I cried.

The sad part of his execution is that they only got to kill him once.

I lost members of my family in this terrible tragedy. We had a branch of the family living in Europe at that time. Many of them were just young children. They were all shipped off to Auschwitz, the main death camp in Poland. They were never heard from ever again. It completely boggles my mind that this terrible crime ever took place. There are still people who believe that the Holocaust was a hoax. They should watch this video and rethink their beliefs.

The Polish War Tribunals did not mess around. Quick trial, appeal denied, short drop. That simple.

Seeing mothers carrying children in their arms trying to keep their kids calm knowing the end is near is absolutely gut wrenching. 😭😭.

Back in the early 80s in my teens whilst working in my fathers pub, I briefly met a survivor of Auschwitz once. The reason I knew that was, was as he removed his overcoat I caught a glimpse of the degrading numbered tattoo so painfully scrolled on his left arm as he quickly pulled down the sleeve of his shirt. The gentleman and I both looked at each other for a moment and said nothing but somehow connected. I slowly mouthed Auschwitz, and glanced again at his arm in which he sadly nodded. Immediately I had a lump in my throat and felt a tear in my eye. He ordered his drink as he put his coat down next to the table close to the bar, to which I replied, I’d bring his order to him while he took his seat. As I brought over his drink I politely asked if I could join him to which he said yes. I wanted to apologise for being blunt but he said it was fine and appreciated the gesture. As we began to chat it became apparent that the gentleman was only the only child in his family that survived being cruelly dragged out of their home while the soldiers and SS beat his family into the trucks, all the while laughing and mocking everyone. Then onto the boxcars at the train station waiting in line to be crammed in like sardines. I listened intently as he thought back.... the pain in his eyes was so haunting and painfully sad as he spoke quietly occasionally pausing to sip his vodka and beer chaser. I went behind the bar and poured a house measure and returned meekly to the table and said.On the house sir, hoping it wasn’t an empty gesture as I sat back down. We continued to talk some more and as our conversation continued I mentioned that my father was in the army and stationed in Germany in 1952, and once was ordered to go to Belsen to pick up batteries and on returning to camp saw thousands of refugees on the various roads, in all kinds of dishevelment with all of their possessions with no where to go. He looked at me and sighed, saying that he’d heard of some family friends who were sent there, never to be seen again, in the autumn of 1943 the same year as his family. In January 1945 when the Russians liberated the camp they thought they would all be killed or left to a painful death. On saying this the gentleman arose from his seat reaching for his coat extending his hand in gratitude of Scottish hospitality. We hugged each other and said thanks for our chat, he said it was nice of me to give an old man time respect and empathy to a complete stranger. On leaving he said he was on his way to Glasgow, smiled and was gone. Sadly I can’t remember his name but I’m so glad I briefly met him.😔❤️☮️

Finally, "The Justified execution..." Calling them brutal or ruthless is an insult to their victims. Their hangings were like eating an ice cream cone in the park, compared to the long term mental and physical tortures they inflicted.

he had the nerve to complain about his treatment by the british. I hoped they made him miserable. and I'm not even a Jew. just a human being who understands decency.

Its difficult to derive a sense of justice from his execution because his crimes were so horrific, the scale so unimaginable, and the suffering he orchestrated so heart-rending.

This example of man's cruelty towards his fellow man should never be forgotten. If the memory causes pain - GOOD - that means we are less likely to repeat it.

Don't forget, there's people today who'd have the world believe this never happened. Don't EVER forget this, or give credit to those in denial.

I wonder how this man sleep at night, ate his dinner, play with his children, socialise around without feeling any remorse or any sense of guilt.

Not vengeful at all. He was fortunate only to suffer death by hanging. I’m sure many former occupants of the death camp would have to preferred Hoss to have suffered torture for days on end. God bless all of those innocent victims.

Pretty sure his victims didn't get a cup of coffee before being killed...

Can’t believe he had the nerve to complain about his treatment by the British. To Hell with him.

Can you imagine the sounds and smells of this horrific place. 😢

Vengeful? I don’t think so. Justice? Yes, now that’s more like it.

Ironic how he has the balls to complain on the conditions when he was captured

It’s ironic that while imprisoned he wrote about how the British mistreated him. Yeah being given 3 square meals a day and water must have been awful.

When accused of murdering three and a half million people, Höss replied, "No. Only two and one half million - the rest died from disease and starvation."

I have read his memoirs that he wrote while in prison and awaiting trial. It is bone chilling. He explained everything in detail from the different classes of prisoners, to how they were housed, even the executions. He mostly blamed it on following orders and the terrible camp conditions on not being given the adequate resources to run it properly. In the end he made some halfhearted apology but never really seemed to take full responsibility for his actions. Evil person. The book is called "Dealer of Death: The Memoirs of Rudolph Hoss, Commandant of Auschwitz".

There is something quite fitting about the guy who oversaw over a million murders being hung at the place he once ran.

“He complained how the British treated him” maybe he should have though how he treated his prisoners???

Times are gone for honest men, sometimes far too long for snakes

Vengeful? Justice is not vengeful; justice is appropriate consequences for one's actions.

Those who do not learn from their history are doomed to repeat it

Looking at the belongings of those poor people - symbols of the lies they were told & that the owners would never return. It's so awful you can't help ending up sobbing. Dear Lord! Let nothing like this dreadful inhumanity ever happen again.

I have a problem with the word “Vengeful” being used in the title of these videos. Vengeful implies a lack of justice. These criminals were given trials at which they were allowed to defend themselves. Something their victims weren’t given. Vengeful implies these criminals didn’t deserve the punishments they deserved. They deserved a worse death than mere hanging. But they were let off lightly and simply hanged.

“When people don’t learn history they’re doom to repeat it”

Nice work, mate! Great job of giving us much information in an economical fashion, not many have the facility for that. I'll subscribe.

His ex daughter in law and grandson visited Auschwitz with the great nephew of the man who led the team that captured him, who in turn had narrowly escaped the atrocities due to moving to England in time. Must have been very surreal

Great documentary, it was very emotional and educational also. Thanks

Every time I see old movies about the Holocaust my tears start flowing, I can never understand how a person could do this to another human being, to kill women and children is horrific and my heart goes out to all that have suffered. We should remember all the innocent souls that suffered always.

These men actually thought it would never come back around to them how naive.

Horrific, unimaginable for us today. I do feel scared even watching these videos. What these people went through, I hope they all have the best beds in heaven 😢

How was his execution vengeful? He was tried and found guilty of Genocide then executed.

As others have said, this was not a vengeful killing. It was judicial execution for the terrible war crimes that he was complicit in committing. A just end for a mass murderer!

My God, it's amazing how evil us humans can get. It chills me to my core.

Thanks for sharing this CONTENT!

My beloved Father, May He Rest In Peace, served in the Army (42Nd) Rainbow Division, 3 years, 9Months, 11 days. He and Other Members of the Division, liberated Dachau. He only spoke of it once. I could see His eyes tear up and He never spoke about Dachau again. God Bless You Dad, and other brave Men of the 42nd Rainbow Division🙏🙏🙏🙏

May he be tormented by the souls of those he tortured for all eternity.

When he asked for a cup of coffee, it should have been thrown in his face.

I read Rudolph Hoss’ bio “Death Dealer”, which gives you an amazing look into his life as the Commandant of Auschwitz and his life growing up. All should read this book.

It’s a must to go and see this horrific place of death All schools should have trips arranged to see what brutality man can do.

Once again another excellent upload. I hope you gain many more subscribers. Factual and fluff free.

This a dark times in history of man kind and may we never forget these dark times

Wish we could've gotten Stalin to pay for his crimes in Russia

Crazy that we have all of this history to look back on and learn from and we still let China run their internment camps for the Uighur people.

It’s so sad to think that a human being can inflict such pain and horror on another human being,seeing those children probably being led to their death is heart breaking, may they all rest in peace and let us hope that nothing like this ever happens again.

Sometimes justice and vengence are one in the same.

Very well presented. Many thanks.

If you’ve never read it, check out his memoir “death dealer”. It is absolutely horrific and really gets into the mind of the man responsible for 1.1 million people being murdered.

Vengeful? I think the word you are looking for is 'justice'.

His book gives an insight into pure evil. Lest we forget.

As a black man who's ancestors went through bad things also, my soul cries fir the Jewish people that had to be done this way. I'm sorry i can not watch any further. GOD give them thy peace.

So the murderer had the nerve to complain about being mistreated by the British after he killed so many people !

Imagine a Person who Mistreated Millions of Humans' Complaining about his Mistreatment. The Audacity of some Humans'.

Simply no words to describe my heartbreak seeing these visuals.

I'm comparing the wooden steps from the photos and it looks like the original wood.. chilling

An excellent read is "Vorku ta, the Story of a S lave City in the Soviet Artic."

Very interesting as always. 👍🙂

There’s quite a few of today’s leaders worldwide that should be brought to justice

Look up `Joseph `G Bur'g and what he said.

I always tear up when I hear about these crimes. Such monstrous acts. We haven't seen this kind of evil since Nero.

I have toured through this place. You're not the same walking out.

Great video. I really enjoy these history lessons.

Restoring reply to @David, deleted by RU-vid. The Auschwitz `Komma'ndantur records appeared in 2000.Had they appeared in 1945, Höss would properly n o t have been executed. (T'ell the Tru'th and Sha'me the Dev'il by `Ge'rard Men'uhin, pp17-19)

Hanging was to kind to the monster, to think it was on 1940s these atrocities were carried out, frightening what mankind is capable of committing

Eternal Hell for those responsible in the killings. So many children and babies just breaks my heart.

May we Humans have the strenght within ourselves to stand against Hate ! Let us instead cultivate the Power of Love inside our hearts and strive to end all Horrors ! Forever More !

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Hi thank you for putting this up, can I make a suggestion,if you are to become a commentator please remember your t h s it’s thousand not fousand three not free. Some find it distracting myself included. Thank you.

Those little kids showing off their tattoos is heartbreaking.

That’s almost amusing, that he complained about treatment during British incarceration.

The trial after the hanging was probably not to his liking ither.

I have watched a number of your videos and i have to say i think you are doing a wonderful job of bringing to the fore front these videos of the atrocities of the nazis during the war. I have subscribed to your channel because of this fact. I am not much of a history buff but my husband is, i am not because of the atrocities against humanity were vast and no one was safe from the nazis. What they did to the prisoners of war was pure evil and what they did to the Jews was beyond evil. The heroes of these camps, the prisoners who held on to life long enough to be liberated were in such poor condition but they are still heroes to me because they were able to tell the liberators of the atrocities they has seen and gone through themselves so the truth can be told to generations in the future so as this will never happen again. History to me is history we can learn from so as it doesn't happen again any where in the world. The nazis executed, beat until death came and took the victim, humiliated prisoners, degraded them, gassed millions worked to death so many prisoners and did in humane experiments on men women and children. This was not a master race this was a master at mass killings on a scale never seen before or since WWII. Thank the Lord for small mercies. I agree that the topic of such a thing is not looked on fondly but these stories need to be told, heroes need to be heard, as well as survivors stories need to be heard, The prisoners of these camps were treated worse than animals what ever they did they did because they had seen what was going to happen if they didn't do what they were told. To execute the soldiers, guards, commanders and camp supervisors and leader of the camps in their own camps was a gesture i can applaud. For the spirits of the dead can witness first hand that justice has been carried out for what was done to them in life. the final judgement is now in the hands of the lord, the father the son and the holy spirit and the three will show no mercy to them and send them to purgatory where they will know the hell they put their prisoner through for themselves. Now the people who died at the hands of these people and i use the word people loosely, can move on and spend eternity in peace. People who say this didn't happen, are delusional, with all the video evidence alone should be proof enough, the one thing i can say about them is they kept excellent records of who died and who lived and the survivors were able to tell their liberators their stories. Now we need to listen to them and make this never happens to anyone else.

Truly unbelievable that humans could be so cruel and inhumane. Tragic beyond words!

It's crazy that he complained about abused by the British. Smh

The primary source from which the 4 Million number derived was the confession of Rudolf Höss (sometimes spelled Rudolf Hoess) before the International Military Tribunal. Rudolf Höss was the first of three successive commandants of the Auschwitz concentration camp. In the presence of journalists from many countries, Rudolf Höss estimated that of 3 Million people that had been exterminated at Auschwitz under his watch, 2.5 Million had been killed by means of gas chambers. It was established as a" fact" at the Nuremberg Trials that 4 Million people were killed at Auschwitz. To commemorate the number, Polish government installed plaques in front of the Auschwitz Memorial to remind the visitors that 4 Million people were killed there. After the fall of communism in Europe, this number was officially revised and reduced to a million and a half. However according to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum website, the total number of people killed at Auschwitz was no more than 1.1 Million. So who is lying those who insisted on the reduction, shoud they be called "revision" shock horror, to today's 25% figure or Rudolf Hoess who, for some reason, "confessod" to many more than is now recognised? There is another possibity, Hoess was persuaded to confess to crimes he had not committed, today's figure of deaths is still greatly inflated and that nobody was gassed there or anywhere else. There is authoritative coroboration for that possbility, the Serge and Beate Klarsfeld Foundation PHDN commissioned Jean-Claude Pressac, a French pharmacist and ardent pro holocaust protagonist, to determine definitively the mechanism of Auschwitz, he concluded, conceeded perhaps, that "at least 95% of Zyclon-B used in the camp was for hygiene purposes", that doesn't mean the 5% was used to kill those so scrupulosuly kept alive but rather he wasn't going to bit the hand that fed him, his book was circulated to very few and then buried.

Yo ur vids are really nice and informative. But sometimes I have problems understanding some of your words, as me beeing a non native.

Ladies there in boxes ,crying. So so sad. You ladies are World Heroes. RIP.

My tears for these pitiful brothers.How they suffered.

Great videos. I'm not sure why the narrator keeps using "would" with verbs ("he would reveal") when a simple past tense would do ("he revealed").

You think he took a last look at his 'own camp' recalling misdeeds at the final moment?

"vengeful"? you mean "Just" right?

I have no words for these people. They aren't even human beings anymore.

What gives me the chills that people thought it was a normal thing 😳

This just infuriates me to no end. This level of hate and evilness is incomprehensible.

It always amazes me when I think about the private lives of these monsters. He carried on the life of a family man. Kissing his kids at night, and maybe reading them a bedtime story. It's an incredible example of the duality of the human mind. Absolutely terrifying!

Do you have a reference to the Nuremberg court documents for where he states those numbers?

Imagine living there with your children. I cannot even imagine what type of people they became after seeing this as 'normal' from a young age.

What goes round, comes around.....

I remember seeing the tattooed numbers on the arms of survivors of the camps in the mid fifties. I was a child then and was too young to really understand the significance of what they had gone through. The vets of WW2, I had the chance to know, did not talk much about the war, especially to us children. As a teenager I had to deal with a different war and news videos of napalm strikes and rows of coffins returning to be buried. As a Canadian I couldn't be drafted, but being on the border, I lost a few friends in Vietnam. It's only now, in old age, that I begin to realize the effect of the human bestiality and violence that so dominated the world for most of the 20th century. What a waste of life and despite the lack of formal war, the genocide and bestiality continues. The Dionysian demonic impulses are part of human nature and cannot always be controlled. We must remember and learn from our past.

You look at all those kids and you wonder how he could kill kids it’s sick where do these people creep out from ! I can’t understand at all !

Those pictures will turn up in nightmares of needless murder

This is why we should never forget. May all those souls rest in peace.

"We are not content with negative obedience, nor even with the most abject submission. When finally you surrender to us, it must be of your own free will. we do not destroy the heretic because he resist us: so long as he resist us we never destroy him. We convert him, we capture his inner mind, we reshape him. We burn all evil and all illusion out of him; we bring him over to our side, not in appearance, but genuinely, heart and soul." - George Orwell, 1984

I hope this is still taught in high school, so that the word will never forget! Great documentary.

The man's face shows the horror and despair of war. Only those with little compassion for humanity send other people this way. And yet, we don't learn from the past….

How dare he construct soccer fields, swimming pools, theaters, maternity wards and hospitals in a "death camp".🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍👍