15 Mar 1946
Germany
Germany
- At Camp Tomato in Minden, Germany, Rudolf Höss confessed to having supervised the murder of countless Jews at Auschwitz Concentration Camp in occupied Poland. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Rudolf Höss | Minden | CPC]
30 Mar 1946
Germany
Germany
- British authorities at Camp Tomato in Minden, Germany received US prosecutor Whitney Harris' cable requesting the transfer of Rudolf Höss to Nürnberg (Nuremberg), Germany to serve as a witness against other accused war criminals. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Rudolf Höss | Minden | CPC]
31 Mar 1946
Germany
Germany
- Rudolf Höss departed Minden, Germany for Nürnberg (Nuremberg), Germany. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Rudolf Höss | Minden | CPC]
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