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Rudolf Hoess (Perpetrator) By: Jake Routhier Rudolf Hoess was in the military and then joined Hitler as a commandant of Auschwitz. He was one of the people that installed gas chambers into Auschwitz. He was one of the greatest mass murderers in Auschwitz killing around 2.5 million people. Rudolf was born in Alexandria, Egypt during the 1990 born Catholic and died in 1947 when he was hanged because of what he did during the Holocaust. His family moved to Germany at an early age and Rudolf joined the German Army at the age of 14. He then joined the Air Force for Germany in 1918. When Hitler went into power he became the commandant of Auschwitz, but before he was a commandant, he was a member of the NSDAPI since 1922, SS since 1934, and Waffen-SS since 1939. As Hitler and Hoess grew in power, they started to add things to the death camp like gas chambers and Hoess helped install some of them. Rudolf Hoess was one that helped Hitler gain all his power by killing around 2.5 million people and he could have killed more but Hitler replaced him with Arthur Liebehenschal in 1943. In the 1944, he returned to Auschwitz and stayed until the 1946. When Auschwitz was attacked and many Nazis were arrested, Rudolf wasn’t caught but he was later found and was hanged in 1947. Bülow, Louis. __Hoess-Death Camp of Auschwitz__. 2008-2010. 4 May 2009 . __Jewish Virtual Library__. 2009. 4 May 2009 . __Spartacus Educational__. 4 May 2009 []. __Rudolf Hoess__. 4 May 2009 []