Establishment of Auschwitz concentration camp on 27 April 1940 on Himmler’s order Rudolf Höss became the first commandant of Auschwitz. Höss lived in a two-story stucco house near the commandants and administration building with his wife and two children. With his deputy Josef Kramer, Höss served as commandant of Auschwitz until November 11, 1943, when...Read More