For which crimes was Rudolf Höss convicted?
Embezzlement
War crimes
Espionage
Tax fraud
Answer
Rudolf Höss was convicted of war crimes by the Nuremberg Trials for his role as the Commandant of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. He was found guilty of the murder of millions of Jews, Poles, Russians, Roma, and others. He was sentenced to death by hanging and executed in 1947.
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