How did Höss die?
He was shot
He committed suicide
He was hanged
He died in a car accident
Answer
Rudolf Höss was hanged on April 16, 1947, after being convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Höss was the commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, where an estimated 1.1 million people were killed. He was sentenced to death by hanging by the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg.
Unmasking Evil: The Enigma of Rudolf Höss
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