Wife of SS Obersturmfuehrer (Lieutenant Colonel) Rudolf Hoess.
Hedwig Hoess was born Hedwig Hensel 1908 to Ostwald Richard Hensel and Linna Florendine Hensel (born Kremtz).Hedwig married Rudolf Höss on August 17 1929, at age 21. During the time he was commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, they produced five children Klaus Höss, Annegret Höss, Heidetraut Höss, Ingebrigitt Höss and Hans-Rudolf Höss.
They lived in a villa directly next to the camp. Hedwig often referred to Auschwitz as 'paradise'. Food and clothing were confiscated from the Jew's luggage before they were gassed. Discovered living north of Flensburg with her eldest son, they were taken into custody by the British Army's 92 Field Security Section. They were interrogated for six days as to where her husband was, but she repeatedly said that he was dead. She finally relented and wrote down the address where he was living. He was at this time working as a farm laborer under the name of Franz Lang. After his arrest, Hedwig Hoess and her son were released. Hedwig sought a new life in Germany where she re-married, living in Stutgart. While visiting her daughter in America, she passed at age 90.
Wife of SS Obersturmfuehrer (Lieutenant Colonel) Rudolf Hoess.
Hedwig Hoess was born Hedwig Hensel 1908 to Ostwald Richard Hensel and Linna Florendine Hensel (born Kremtz).Hedwig married Rudolf Höss on August 17 1929, at age 21. During the time he was commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, they produced five children Klaus Höss, Annegret Höss, Heidetraut Höss, Ingebrigitt Höss and Hans-Rudolf Höss.
They lived in a villa directly next to the camp. Hedwig often referred to Auschwitz as 'paradise'. Food and clothing were confiscated from the Jew's luggage before they were gassed. Discovered living north of Flensburg with her eldest son, they were taken into custody by the British Army's 92 Field Security Section. They were interrogated for six days as to where her husband was, but she repeatedly said that he was dead. She finally relented and wrote down the address where he was living. He was at this time working as a farm laborer under the name of Franz Lang. After his arrest, Hedwig Hoess and her son were released. Hedwig sought a new life in Germany where she re-married, living in Stutgart. While visiting her daughter in America, she passed at age 90.
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Urn interred at unnamed interdenominational cemetery by her daughter
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