Birth of Rudolph Hoess1900
Birth of Rudolph Hoess
Historical person
Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Hoess Biography
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Hoess, based on 15 World History Database records associated with Germany.
15 records1900–194710 events3 places
Chronological biography
1900
1922
NSDAP1922
Appointed Member of Nazi Party
1933
SS1933
Appointed Member of Waffen SS. Appointed Member of SS
1934
SS1 December 1934
Appointed Member of Deathshead Formation (Totenkopf Verband)
1938
Adjutant1938
Appointed Adjutant of Sachsenhausen concentration camp
Administrator1938
Appointed Administrator of Dachau concentration camp
Dachau1938
Appointed Administrator of Dachau concentration camp
1940
Commandant1 May 1940
Appointed Commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp
1941
Commandant1 May 1941
Heinrich Himmler tells H”ss that Hitler had given orders for the final solution"
1942
Execution1942
Mass gassing of Jews using Zyklon-B begins at Auschwitz
1943
Chief Inspector1943
Appointed Chief Inspector of the concentration camps
1944
Execution1944
An SS report, a true pioneer in this area because of his new ideas
Execution1944
Executes about 400,000 Hungarian Jews alone at Auschwitz in the summer of 1944
1946
Arrest of Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Hoess1946
Arrested by Allied military police, under the name of Franz Lang
1947
Execution1947
Hoess is executed for his part played in the slaughter at Auschwitz
Titles and roles
Adjutant-Sachsenhausen · Administrator-Dachau · Chief Inspector · Commandant-Auschwitz · Member of NSDAP · Member of SS
Record provenance
This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.