Hanns and Rudolf
Subtitle: the German jew and the hunt for the Kommandant of Auschwitz
By: Thomas Harding
Edition: Large print edition.
Publisher: W F Howes Ltd
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Rearsby, Leicester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 458
ISBN-13: 9781471256950
Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); War criminals; Biography; War crime trials; Large type books; Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Description: Hanns Alexander was the son of a prosperous German family who fled Berlin for London in the 1930s. Rudolf Hoss was a farmer and soldier who became the Kommandant of Auschwitz Concentration Camp and oversaw the deaths of over a million men, women and children. In the aftermath of the Second World War, the first British War Crimes Investigation Team is assembled to hunt down the senior Nazi officials responsible for the greatest atrocities the world has ever seen. Lieutenant Hanns Alexander is one of the lead investigators, Rudolf Hoss his most elusive target. In this book Thomas Harding reveals for the very first time the full, exhilarating account of Hoss' capture.
Notes: Standard print edition originally published: London : William Heinemann, 2013.