The Höss children in the garden of their villa at Auschwitz. From left are Hans Jürgen, Inge-Brigitt (Brigitte) and Annegret Höss. Photo: Courtesy of Institut für Zeitgeschichte in Munich/Rainer Höss Brigitte Höss lives quietly on a leafy side street in Northern Virginia. She is retired now, having worked in a Washington fashion salon for more than 30 years. She recently was diagnosed with cancer and spends much of her days dealing with the medical consequences. Brigitte also has a secret that not even her grandchildren know. Her father was Rudolf Höss, the Kommandant of Auschwitz. It was Rudolf Höss who designed and built Auschwitz from an old army barracks in Poland to a...
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