Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Höss (also Höß, Hoeß, or Hoess German pronunciation: 25 November 1901 – 16 April 1947) was a German SS officer during the Nazi era who, after the defeat of Nazi Germany, was convicted of war crimes for his role in the Holocaust. Coordinator of killing operation by gassing in Ravensbrück (November 1944).Chief Commandant ( Standortältester) in Auschwitz ('Operation Höss' – mass murder of Hungarian jews).Head of office D I in the department D (Camps inspectorate) of SS-WVHA (1 December 1943).
SS- lieutenant colonel ( Obersturmbannführer) (1942)
