On what charge was Rudolf Höss convicted?
Treason
Embezzlement
War crimes
Espionage
Answer
Rudolf Höss was a German SS officer who was convicted of war crimes for his role in the Holocaust. He was the commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, where over 1 million people were killed. Höss was captured by Allied forces in 1945 and put on trial at Nuremberg. He was found guilty of war crimes and executed by hanging in 1947.
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