Kai Höss grew up knowing little about his family’s past. When he was in fifth grade, though, he stumbled upon a name in his ...

Rudolf Höss, the man who ran the most notorious Nazi death camp, was his grandfather. “I was shocked, and I was ashamed,” ...

Rudolf Hoess was the Commandant of Auschwitz Concentration Camp during World War II. Under his command it is estimated that at least 1.1 million people died in the camp.