The 2023 film, The Zone of Interest (which won the Oscar for Best International Film and was nominated for Best Picture), is a fascinating look at the Nazi leader of Auschwitz, Rudolf Hoss.

TV; TV News; Documentaries; Son of notorious Nazi describes 'idyllic' life - before learning of the horrors he lived by Head of Auschwitz Rudolf Hoss moved his family next door to the camp.

Christian Friedel opens up about his haunting turn as Rudolf Höss, the commandant of Auschwitz, in Jonathan Glazer’s masterful ‘The Zone of Interest.’ ...

Hoss gave him the ring — with the names Rudolf and Hedwig inscribed inside the band. Alexander left the prisoner alone with some guards and a box of axe handles for 10 minutes.

Rudolf’s five children played with tortoises, cats and lizards at their villa near the Polish city of Krakow; in the summer, the siblings frolicked in a pool in their yard or swam in a nearby river.

Every day Rudolf Höss oversaw the killing of thousands of people at the death camp and then went home and acted like a doting father to his family. Höss was brought in by top Nazis to pioneer ...

Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest” is loosely based on a 2014 novel by the English author Martin Amis. Glazer’s film tells the fact-based story of Rudolf Hoss (Christian Friedel) and ...

Is it OK to feel even a little sympathy for a top-level Nazi commander? That's the question at the heart of the new book Hanns and Rudolf, in which Thomas Harding tracks down the story of ...

The former home of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoss has been transformed into a research centre devoted to fighting extremism, with the building officially opening to the public on the 80th ...

January 27, 2025 at 6:32am GMT. The former home of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoss has been transformed into a research centre devoted to fighting extremism, with the building officially opening ...

The former home of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoss has been transformed into a research centre devoted to fighting extremism, with the building officially opening to the public on the 80th ...