Hanns Alexander
Hanns Alexander (1917–2006) was a German Jewish refugee who tracked down and arrested the Kommandant of Auschwitz Rudolf Höss.[1]
Born in Berlin to father Alfred Alexander and mother Henny Alexander, he grew up in Nazi Germany. In 1936 the family fled to England.[2]
In 1940, he joined the Royal Pioneer Corps and in 1945 he became an interpreter for the No. 1 War Crimes Investigation Team at Belsen.[3]
Later that year he became a full-time Nazi hunter who tracked down and arrested Gustav Simon and Rudolf Höss.[4]
After the War he had a long professional career as a merchant banker at S.G. Warburg. Hanns Alexander died in London at age 89.[5]
His story is featured in the book Hanns and Rudolf by Thomas Harding.
Sources
- Washington Post: Hanns and Rudolf
- Newsweek: 1 War Crimes Investigation Team
- Guardian: My Uncle the Nazi Hunter
- Daily Mail: Remarkable story of a Jewish Refugee
External links
References
- ↑ Harding, Thomas (September 2013). Hanns and Rudolf: The True Story of the German Jew Who Tracked Down and Caught the Kommandant of Auschwitz. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0 434 02236 6, p. 288, Note to Chapter One, [page] 11. External link in
|title=(help) - ↑ "Washington Post: Hanns and Rudolf"
- ↑ "Newsweek: 1 War Crimes Investigation Team"
- ↑ "Guardian: My Uncle The Nazi Hunter"
- ↑ "Daily Mail: Remarkable story of a Jewish Refugee"
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