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Title: Comandant of Auschwitz
Review: I first read this book in the 7th grade, many years ago. It started for me a lifetime interest in history, autobiographies and WW2. This autobiography is frightening in its normalcy...in the matter-of-fact manner in which he describes the construction and operation of the gas chambers, his family relationships, and his mindless acceptance of even the most barbaric orders all in the same paragraphs. Hoess wrote this book between his arrest and his hanging, and under those circumstances you would expect some element of contrition. Instead, the reader is given Hoess's classic cry of innocense..."I was just taking orders". Nevertheless, the book does offer a peek behind the characters of Nazi history, with hints at some of their motivations.
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