The STRANGE Execution Of The Commandant Of Auschwitz

Rudolf Höss is known as one of the most evil Nazis of the Second World War. He was a man who was the Commandant of Auschwitz and he built the concentration camp into the largest killing site of World War 2. At the end of the war he tried to hide out but eventually he was captured by British forces and he was then brought to trial. However after the huge amount of evidence that was given, he was sentenced to death however Rudolf Höss' execution was one which was rather different and special.
Following the announcement of the death sentence, those who had survived Auschwitz came forward and lobbied the judges and Polish authorities to allow Höss' execution to take place within Auschwitz. This was allowed and on a specially created gallows, the Commandant of Auschwitz was executed within his own concentration camp. This was unique as most convicted war criminals were executed inside of prison yards or execution chambers.
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[@TheUntoldPast]

Hi all - brought the other video offline tonight due to a slight tweak needed. Here’s tonights upload. Please note: the use of the word special in the title relates to the petitioning of the judges to allow the sentence to be carried out within Auschwitz, making it rather unique as a new gallows had to be made. Thanks all.

[@susankeating8678]

I thought I was going mad! I read in the comments of the other video that the photo was of a different person so I googled it & looked at some photos, came back to your channel & the video was gone, saying it was private!! Thanks for your explanation, I’ll watch it again after you’ve done your tweak 😃

[@ChiefMac59]

It is a real crime that most of the Nazis escaped like the cowards they were

[@bennyandersen742]

Cowards? There is no sense in that statement. Why on earth would they wish to be sentenced? Thousands of SS volunteers fought for Nazi Germany with very high risk of being killed. After the war many escaped to South America. It had nothing to do with cowardness. You only see what you want to see.

[@kapitanahab3307]

@@bennyandersen742 Indeed! They were refugees who fled from the allied winners justice.

[@vercot7000]

@@bennyandersen742 They were losers and cowards because the defintion of a coward is one who fears just consequences. This has nothing to do with whether they wished "to be sentenced"

[@bennyandersen742]

@@vercot7000 That is plain stupid. Just consequences for whom? And who's to decide? Many Nazis risked their lives on a daily basis. You are completely clueless and entirely viewing this from your own "wishful bubble".

[@Philobiblion]

@@bennyandersen742 From the moment they witnessed the injustices that were being committed, they had a choice: obey or disobey. Those that obeyed are the cowards.

[@georgebrown8312]

So shocking and abhorrent what Rudolf Hoess did to prisoners Auschwitz. I like your detailed explanation of the war crimes committed by him and his fellow SS thugs. At least he met justice at the end of a hangman's noose for his abhorrent crimes against humanity. Thank you for this eye-opening video. Keep up the good work of educating your viewers about the dangers of letting twisted ideologies such as anti-Semitism. May the victims of that murderous regime rest in peace, never again to suffer under its iron heel.

[@jeanniearnold6726]

I wonder if he got the short drop method. Hope so!

[@11calman]

The only trouble with this is, It was pretty quick, too quick really for what he & others had done to 100s of people. I don't like any of it but maybe 2/3 hours of terror, trying to scream, shitting & pissing his pants, with a few of his next victims looking on

[@joeshotsgarcia5138]

Sorry but he got off easy. You think about the horrific shit that happened inside that camp. Watching your family members first being separated from each other. Then tortured for there own amusement. Then killed and stripped for their hair,gold teeth and bones to make soap. I would say he got off easy.

[@Life_Is_Torture0000]

Not enough punishment...but then, it's hard to imagine any punishment severe enough for crimes of this magnitude.

[@WillyEckaslike]

the winners write the hist books...

[@ikaika.mauricio]

well now they're all in ETERNAL punishment now... like literally burning in the abyss, crazy to think of going through that for eternity lmao. However, well deserved for those monsters.

[@johnblaesel5493]

@@ikaika.mauricio After watching this video, I’m not so sure about eternal damnation for Rudolph Hoss. Sounds like he might have repented. More than what could be said for Hitler, Himmler and Amoen Goff, and many others.

[@faithfuljohn9836]

@@WillyEckaslike what does that mean? I think I know but hey.... maybe I'm wrong

[@faithfuljohn9836]

@@ikaika.mauricio pfffft prove hell exists plz

[@davidtapp3950]

I notice that he received an extremely short drop from the gallows. This would have ensured an extremely long, slow and agonising strangulation.

[@sanjosemike3137]

Perhaps. But in terms of physiology, the brain goes into unconsciousness almost immediately after blood supply is closed off. He probably felt the "pain" of his weight against the noose. But even that would be a short time. The movements of his legs during strangulation were likely expressions of neurologic anoxia. It is unlikely he was aware of his "situation" for more than about 1-2 minutes. But we always wonder if he knew he might be held liable for his sins. People who have experienced NDE's, some say they visited Hell. At least that's what they report. Sanjosemike (no longer in CA) Retired surgeon

[@shadowwolf9503]

I've always figured the chair was used to gain a couple of feet of extra drop. But it was still a short drop. This was a very odd gallows.

[@sanjosemike3137]

@@shadowwolf9503 A hanging is viewed in two ways: Separation of the neck vertebrae and the spinal cord, and otherwise, slow strangulation without separation of the spinal cord. The metric is simple: A short drop is just strangulation. A fast drop, applying the laws of physics to cause torsion of the cervical vertebrae at the bottom of the drop is ruptured spinal cord. That is immediate death. Probably painless. In the movies of Albert Pierrepoint's executions, you don't hear what he did: The snapping of the cervical vertebrae at the bottom of the drop. He knew it was "successful" if he heard the snap. It is not discussed in the movies about him. How do I know? When I was a surgical resident at an army hospital, I read the capital punishment manual of hanging during my pathology rotation. I don't know if it is available online. I never looked it up. Sanjosemike (no longer in CA) Retired surgeon

[@davidtapp3950]

@@shadowwolf9503 The long, slow strangulation was deliberate. Considered much more appropriate than a long drop and instant death.

[@shadowwolf9503]

@@davidtapp3950 Yeah, it probably was deliberate. And I agree, more fitting.

[@spectrum10]

In the narrative, he says a trapdoor was released, but in the photos of the execution he is standing on a stool which is then removed. Major contradiction here.

[@chiapets2594]

No he was standing on a cow and it went to poop and he fell off and fell into cow poo and died like s### and in S###

[@shadowwolf9503]

There was a trapdoor under the chair. When the chair was pulled from under Hess, he fell through the trap. This has to be the most odd gallows I've seen.

[@spectrum10]

@@shadowwolf9503 Thank you for the reply. I fail to see the need for a chair if the gallows has a trapdoor. Was the rope too high up, so a chair was needed to reach it? It just seems odd to me. When the Lincoln conspirators were hung, no chairs were needed, they just dropped the floor that they were standing on.

[@bennyandersen742]

​@@spectrum10he would get a higher fall and probably die quicker

[@shadowwolf9503]

@@spectrum10 I think the stool was used to add some drop height. But I'm sure it still wasn't high enough to break his neck. I really have never seen the logic of using a stool over the trap door. I guess the extra height might have caused the rope to tighten more than it would have if only the trap door was used. I would have just built the gallows higher and dropped him through the trap without using the stool.

[@gonefishing167]

His death wasn’t shocking , it was just. He shouldn’t have got a cup of coffee, he should have been given the ‘coffee’ he fed his prisoners! All these ‘great ‘ Nazis felt that was they were doing was right and just and yet they chickened out at the first sign of trouble and ran like the rats they were. Though that is an insult to rats 🐀! 🙏🙏🙏🙏👵🇦🇺

[@Wodenson]

This channel's videos should be shown in history lessons in schools around the world, there is something visceral about this kind of learning. Many thanks for the great video, i learn something new everytime i watch.

[@lorenzbroll0101]

He wrote a book - or a ghostwriter did for him - of his military career. How he makes killing so bland an occupation is quite horrifying, as he did not seem to hate his victims - just seeing them as something to be 'processed'. I suppose if it was not him then they would have found someone else as there were plenty of the unhinged about.

[@markcumbriauk]

How any Human could, can do this to another Human is beyond me, Pure Evil.

[@vadouis-rt3of]

While I agree with what you wrote, I wonder how would we act if we were in his shoes? What if our families were to be imprisoned or executed if we refused? Is our personality or character strong enough to refuse? Please do not make the mistake of me approving of what he did. He got a trial and was justly sentenced.

[@markcumbriauk]

@@vadouis-rt3of Everyone instinctively knows right from wrong, it is a part of who we are. We must always do right no matter the consequences, that is the only way to go forward in peace.

[@vadouis-rt3of]

@@markcumbriauk Good answer and thank you for replying. Out of curiosity, did you ever read "Death Dealer-the autobiography of the Rudolf Hoss" or "Into That Darkness" about the commandant of Treblinka and Sobibor, Franz Stangl?

[@markcumbriauk]

@@vadouis-rt3of No, I can't say I have read either of those books.

[@vadouis-rt3of]

@@markcumbriauk They are interesting. Franz Stangl was interviewed in prison by the author Gitta Sereny. Not more than 24 hours after she concluded her last interview, Stangl died of a heart attack. He was serving a life sentence. From that book, I got the impression that though was in charge, he was not a sadist like some of the others.

[@828enigma6]

Note they used the short drop method of hanging. This is said to take up to 20 minutes and is quite excruciating.

[@kathyabbass5420]

Hope he suffered

[@PatrickJDoyle-bw3fu]

He actually said he has a conscience, thats ballsy

[@anteliomonteiroabellan1214]

Why didn't you show us the execution of Rudolf Hoss? That bastard should go through this humiliation, for all the dead he was responsible for!

[@2011littlejohn1]

So you want an excuse to indulge your own bestiality.

[@robertsansone1680]

I could be wrong, but I believe that many executions were filmed but never released to the public. I agree with you. I'll buy the popcorn.

[@anteliomonteiroabellan1214]

@@robertsansone1680, me too! Thanks!

[@wildthing1609]

If I am not mistaken KZbin dose not permit or is stopping any videos that show people getting killed and are now talking about banning pictures of bodies under there violent and offensive policy

[@renejean2523]

Probably because you can't see stuff like that on YT anymore. We saw it all in documentaries when we were kids, including the thousands of bodies piled up. How will you know what happened, otherwise? Now kids just see blurs and wonder what all the fuss is about.

[@robertomeneghetti6215]

He doesn't look anymore arrogant, but frightened!

[@juliusmendoza5715]

What goes around, comes around....

[@questioneverything2488]

maybe the apparent repentance was the slim hope of a reprieve; one will do anything to save one's life. Thanks for the video.

[@robertgsmith5761]

I am surprised that there aren't para normal events in these former prison camps.

[@shadowwolf9503]

That has to be the most odd gallows ive ever seen.

[@steiner554]

His bibliography is fascinating.

[@MarvinHartmann452]

How about making a video about what the Japanese did during the war?? It's only the same thing over and over. I know weeb won't approve but it would be interesting to see more about them too. I don't need 12 video on the same guards over and over..

[@QuinnnMallory]

What's weeb? Slang for the algorithm?

[@WillyEckaslike]

the Jhap are the freinds of the USA because they have important bases there

[@jayduke8554]

Awesome

[@cheesegyoza]

They should have forced him to lay in freezing cold water until almost frozen and try to thaw him. Repeating this process over a few months until he succumbed to the process.

[@spectrum10]

Well, I know that process is not good for frozen blueberries. The instructions on the bag tell me not to refreeze them. LOL

[@gc4644]

Love the fact that they whiped him with his own whip!!

[@unclexeres]

Such hatred these Men rationalized is going to be One of the defining moments in human history. He got what he deserved and for the others, they left a stain on Germany that will not be easily cleansed.

[@mikebon8352]

Rudolf looked sharp dressed and fun before 1945... Compared to pictures after 1945...

[@WillyEckaslike]

if u had been torch as he was u would say and confess to anything

[@von-Adler]

The photo of him is an early one - only a major then.

[@kapitanahab3307]

I read Höß book. He is a brilliant narrator.

[@brandondixon2138]

Höss did not write the book, he had a ghostwriter do it for him.

[@kapitanahab3307]

@@brandondixon2138 Nonsense.

[@vargvikernes4859]

Abdool spotted

[@WillyEckaslike]

..until 1989 there was a sign outside the cmp that said 4mill dyed...can still be seen on lynn

[@grahamlait1969]

Something wrong here: We're told that he was executed on a gallows '...the trapdoor was released and Hoess crashed through.' Oh really? There doesn't seem to be any trapdoor on the gallows and moreover, he's clearly perched on a stool on the end of a short rope on the gallows in the last photo of him at the end of the post. Indeed, the executioner is clearly just about to pull the stool away from under him. So no crashing through a trapdoor, neck snapped, immediate death... just a short drop on the end of a rope, which means he slowly strangled, which probably upsets none of us at all.

[@timothymeyer602]

Hey where u read about the gallow?

[@timothymeyer602]

Cuz yeah none here

[@Eazy-ERyder]

I want to see his actual execution

[@davidfrager8234]

My great Uncle was one of the prosecutors at Nuremberg. The man heard all his evils. I don't like the death sentence. At same time not one year for him. My most side was basically eradicated. 5 made it out alive from what we know. If I had cousins with different last name, that information is gone. Grateful for my uncle(dad's side)John Lewis of NY for trying to right a wrong that can never be righted.

[@WillyEckaslike]

he presided at a can ga wroo cort

[@beadbird]

@@WillyEckaslike There was more justice and mercy given at the Courts at Nuremberg than the miserable Nazis ever gave to the poor souls they destroyed! Those courts were in no way kangaroo courts, they were honest and honorable, with many nations cooperating therein.

[@jayburton1743]

​@@WillyEckaslike internet 🧌😂😂

[@WillyEckaslike]

@@jayburton1743 which enables u to by pass the msm and do ur own looking..why dya think s saw ship if rife everywhere

[@thesausagecontinuim1971]

not to be confused with RUDOLPH HESS

[@WillyEckaslike]

this dim ..whit cant even pro nounss his name properly ..ie "Horse" is cclose to it

[@ShadesofShannon]

It looks like the stool was used for extra height because he was too short to reach the noose. So, it’s possible there was a trap door.

[@richardhart9204]

... apt.

[@williesnyder2899]

“Unique” is good. Nothing wrong here about being different. Have at it. Perform your own special dance. Kick up your heels.Tap your toes.

[@bigantplowright5711]

I saw a documentary where his grandson went back to the camp and met some jews. It was very intense......

[@danielcummings3052]

There exists a photo of Hoess playing chicken with the noose while standing on the chair. The executioner was temporarily height challenged. That's gallows humour 😂😂😂

[@fedup-bi9mq]

Wasnt Amon Goeth executed the same way?

[@truthteller8459]

The gallows shown in this video is a duplicate not the original. Sadly, not enough, if any, research was done in the making of this video.

[@spectrum10]

If the original gallows were made of wood and exposed to the weather, the wood would easily rot over a span of 75 years. Unless they continually used wood preservatives on it.

[@philprice3870]

You say near the end that Hoes was helped up the steps the noose was placed over his head .The trap door was opened and he fell to his death……yet the photo clearly shows him standing on a stool ?.Which was true ,trap door or Stool. ?.

[@christophercohen8712]

Actually they used wire to hang him and it’s took 20 minutes to die

[@shadowwolf9503]

Both. The chair was placed on a trapdoor. When the chair was pulled from beneath Hess, he fell through the trap. A very odd gallows.

[@philprice3870]

@@shadowwolf9503 many thanks for clearing that up I was wondering that’s all.shame they didn’t use Gas on the “B “ .

[@SammyNeedsAnAlibi]

We shudda used Piano Wire like the Nazis did so death comes slowly and painfully....

[@laurenceseale]

Trapdoor?

[@joealmeida1270]

Evil met evil.

[@peterbreukel2603]

What trap door? It was a chair.

[@callumcc8897]

Please don’t say ‘executed’ because it sounds like it was prisoners who were executed..! Instead they were murdered/liquidated and never actually walked into the camp!

[@eissand_8425]

Amon Goeth was hung in his own camp

[@williamegler8771]

If he was so proud of his evil accomplishments why did he hide?

[@fekkacam]

Maybe he didnt want to be umm killed

[@zarathustra007]

Shocking? Not even close.

[@spectrum10]

They keep showing still photos of Josef Mengele when this story is about Rudolf Hoess.

[@sroevukasroevuka]

No great loss.

[@LordbomberD]

Oh what a pity how sad never mind hey.

[@sidonthebank]

Claptrap 😂

[@danielluesley3795]

Man's inhumanity to man. And we are all created by the same God. GOD FORGIVE US.

[@StevenTorrey]

If you think those were actual nuns, think again! They are female guards--too well fed to be nuns. If they were nuss, they would be gaunt like the other inmates from poor nourishment. They are all heavy from being well fed!

[@StevenTorrey]

If there is evidence, the nuns were brought in specifically to work with the children, then let us know; that too is a possibility.

[@lorenzbroll0101]

I reckon they were fake nuns. I think they were women soldiers - possibly NKVD.

[@lisadunn2208]

Actually it was very apropos

[@carlcarlson1369]

A lot of these Nazi monsters Escape

[@sanjosemike3137]

In the end, he was unrepentant. He was a true Darwinist believer. That's ultimately where it goes. It's a pity we still "lionize" Darwin and atheist nihilism. Biologist Steven Jay Gould recognized this and hated it at the same time. He was still a Darwinist. But at least he recognized where it inevitably goes to. Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)

[@WillyEckaslike]

stop believing the winn urrs version of history

[@sanjosemike3137]

@@WillyEckaslike I’m not sure why you say we have only the “winner's version of history.” There is no other Country than America that is as full of “self hate” as we are. Every time we pick up an article from Mainstream Media, or our own colleges telling us how AWFUL we are and how we were the worst perpetrators of slavery and racism in history. I have no idea where you get the idea that we regard ourselves as “winners.” Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)

[@WillyEckaslike]

@@sanjosemike3137 by winn urs i mean the pee pull that ownnn you not your ave Joe

[@WillyEckaslike]

@@sanjosemike3137 luckup The 8ar8ary S-trade...the second line of the Halls of Montezuma song is rlated to it

[@sanjosemike3137]

@@WillyEckaslike “We will fight our Countries battles on the land and on the Sea.” Are you a Marine? If so, thank you for your service. Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)

[@herbmaloid8752]

They should have taken him for a ride in a Gas Van.

[@turbulent-582]

Listening to this pommy Talk is as painful

[@mickymondo7463]

Your numbers are not accurate, most estimates are in the region of 1.1 to 1.3 million

[@tiredlawdog]

I'm not a deeply religious person, but as I understand it, if even a monster like Hoss sincerely asked God for forgiveness, he will be forgiven by God. Let's face it, if it works for someone like him, it would work for anyone.

[@kicnbac]

I get the impression he repented. So yes, he's in heaven.

[@bennyandersen742]

​@@kicnbaclol, sure, it's just that there is no heaven

[@transgenderedmuhammad8817]

@@bennyandersen742 Benny you’re so edgy, believing in nothing, being that cool miserable atheist that nobody likes being around

[@user-sp3qs2mf4d]

en français S V P

[@kellypolfleit3942]

They should have turned the nazis over to the survivors of the holocaust. That would have been justice

[@KnispelGreece]

terrible narration, great subject

[@desireheard3540]

wasn’t this the dad in the boy in striped pajamas??????

[@mymothersdiva]

That movie wasn't a true story. But I'm sure it was close to what some people on the German side experienced. Who knows?

[@angietunstall2555]

The film never mentioned any name for its Death Camp shown. The chances are that the story was based on facts that came out from other Death Camps like Sobibor and Chelmno, which were equally as bad as Auschwitz, although the latter camp is more well know. It has to be pointed out that Auschwitz would have the greater number of survivors by far than the other two, at the point of liberation. It is to be hoped that the story of the film was just that. God knows the death of many millions of innocent

[@Standswithabeer]

:)

[@vegashawkfan59]

Another fine Wikipedia read. Does it get old making money by simply reading other people's work?

[@ShortsMaGeeTV]

🦗 🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗

[@user-jn9gv9ve6e]

i like your stories but you repeat the same facts over and over.

[@aboyousefemam1942]

Very well , he got what he deserved for killing many innocent Jews , but the question is who is going to execute those who massacred million and half Arminian’s and so many Israeli war criminals who buried alive many Egyptian soldiers in 1967 they were prisoners of war and should had been treated as such

[@drgrahambeards9776]

There was no trapdoor and it's just "inside" not "inside of".

[@222mozart]

What is this for a horrible speaker...

[@geoff8062]

So he was tortured who cares

[@marymary1877]

So Hess repented and accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and savior!?! That really puts the the prayer the “Our Father” into a new light, heh? Forgive us, as we forgive.can we doubt the mercy of God now? If we do, we are all lost. Lord have mercy on us all.

[@alancrisp1582]

🤔 Really?. The single thing I fear 😱 in life and death, is the greedy evil 😈 I.R.S Tax_Man !. Be afraid, very afraid 😨...................

[@frickpoo6644]

Democrats in America today.

[@fekkacam]

So disrespectful to all them dead jews

[@joangratzer2101]

MY NEIGHBOR VISITED THE POLISH DEATH CAMPS LAST SUMMER; SHE SAID IT WAS A VERY EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE THAT SHE WILL NEVER FORGET. VERY MATURE MATERIAL FOR ADULTS ONLY BUT SHE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR HER CHILDREN TO SEE AND LEARN FROM IT AS WELL.

[@rogerarthur6571]

It was not a Polish death camp, it was a German death camp that was in Poland.

[@grimmevol4344]

why keep saying a "trapdoor" was sprung...he was on a stool, there is no trapdoor on that gallows

[@TheUntoldPast]

There is an image out there that shows him fallen through the gallows indicating some form of trapdoor.

[@ikaika.mauricio]

Now they're all burning in hell 🤣🤣🤣