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The Master of Auschwitz:
- Memoirs of Rudolf Hoess, Kommandant SS
- Narrated by: Tim Dalgleish
- Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
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Summary
The first-hand account of the life, career, and the practices of horror at Auschwitz, written by Auschwitz Kommandant SS Rudolf Hoss as he awaited execution for his crimes. Including his psychological interviews at Nuremberg.
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- Margaret
- 26-01-17
story of a monster
First of all to be honest I skipped a few chapter when he was telling how other SS officers did not function well and actually hinderhis work and stopped him making things better for his prisoners. I felt sick to hear him sort of praising himself for wanting to make things better for the prisoners. I have read a lot about WW11 and have visited Aushwitz so have seen how 'better' things were. In fact I feel the only time he sounded a bit human were in the letters to his wife and children. The book is interesting partly because you wonder how someone can be a family man and still murder so many.
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- Gareth
- 08-04-17
Interesting viewpoint - weird sound bite
The personal memoirs of Rudolph Hoss the commandment of Auschwitz. Certainly an interesting viewpoint, obviously very one sided.
The narrator performance is great but the strange jingle in between chapters got irksome, especially as it stops abruptly each time
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- Dropshort2000
- 05-07-19
A harrowing account
it's difficult to comprehend the scale of the killing. Hoess is at pains to tell the reader that he never mistreated prisoners. how he punished guards who abused those in their care. He then nonchalantly describes the murder of 2.5 million people, before repeating he tried his best to improve the lot if those prisoners who were needed for work. The book is very detailed and it makes one wonder how he remembered all those details while sat in a cell. that then begs the question to the authenticity to some or all of the book.
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- R. Uduwerage-Perera
- 10-03-17
Simply chilling!
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Rudolph Hoess was a willing functionary in a system that intended to exterminate an entire ethnic group, but we must never forget that such functionaries require many, many more willing colleagues to complete their despicable task.
The lessons of the Holocaust have not been learnt sadly, so we need to keep revisiting our past so that eventually we learn to cease such barbarism.
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- Michael Ferguson
- 22-09-18
Master of death
Frightened to think this atrocity allowed to happen in the 20th century not so long ago and so close to home
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- Nik
- 28-06-18
Terrible, excuse ridden drawl.
So boring. Written by a man who cannot take responsibility for what he did, but the book is so drawn out, it’s impossible to stay engaged.
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- Jon
- 02-02-24
just following order
Responsible for the murder of millions but not responsible because he was just following orders. He kept saying he wanted to made camp conditions better but was happy to see millions gassed and cremated. A totally vile human being from a corrupt and disgusting regime. For all the holocaust deniers, read this book please. The person who was in charge of mass murder says he did it so how dare you you say otherwise.
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- Andrijana Jackson
- 06-01-24
Extraordinary
Detailed explanation of the mechanics of the Holocaust told by the perpetrator. This must be such an important historical source. Fascinating and chilling; devoid of any remorse.
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- Mr A J CROOK
- 31-12-23
superb book
very interesting book, Good to hear the German view on the whole subject. Power corrupts people along with fear but still dont get how they could be so cruel without a 2nd thought.
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- crabbit101
- 20-06-23
Chilling, hugely historically important but not well narrated
To hear from the man who presided over the biggest killing factory the world has ever seen is quite chilling but incredibly important as a piece of history. But, if you’re going to have an Englishman speaking German names and places can you please, for the love of god, ensure he can pronounce them correctly?
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