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Hedwig Höss: Auschwitz Commandant’s Wife Who Called Life Beside the Camp “Paradise”
The story of Hedwig Höss offers a rare look into how family life existed alongside one of the most infamous places created during the Second World War. While her husband, Rudolf Höss, served as commandant of Auschwitz, Hedwig oversaw a household located only meters from the camp complex itself. Surrounded by gardens, children’s toys, and carefully maintained grounds, the Höss family created what appeared to be an ordinary domestic life in extraordinary circumstances.
Born in Germany in 1908, Hedwig became involved with nationalist movements at an early age and later met Rudolf Höss through…
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