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Rudolf Hoess

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Murderer

The Resume

    (November 25, 1900-April 16, 1947)
    Last name is actually spelled Höß
    Auschwitz Commandant
    World War I Soldier
    SS Man

Why he might be annoying:

    He was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for the murder of Walther Kadow, a teacher who had betrayed a Nazi (1923).
    He felt the gassing of Jews using Carbon Monoxide was too inefficient so he decided to introduce a gas called Zyklon B.
    Estimates place the number of people put to death in Auschwitz under Hoess was around 2.5 million.
    He wrote poetry on the 'beauty of Auschwitz.'
    He once had an affair with an inmate at Auschwitz and then sent her to the gas chamber to cover it up.
    He was the go-to guy for improving concentration camp 'efficiency.'
    He had no remorse for the killing.

Why he might not be annoying:

    During World War I, he rose to the rank of Sergeant and received the 1st and 2nd class Iron Cross.
    He managed to elude Nazi hunters for almost a year.
    He was a family man with a wife and five children.
    He was killed where he had killed so many (at the entrance of the crematorium at Auschwitz).
    He is dead.

Credit: A Hard Day's Night


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 25 Votes: 56.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 12 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 100 Votes: 65.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 20 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 23 Votes: 21.74% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 14 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 45 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 26 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 180 Votes: 65.00% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 52 Votes: 71.15% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 78 Votes: 79.49% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 96 Votes: 67.71% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 136 Votes: 66.91% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 245 Votes: 78.37% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 381 Votes: 78.48% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 527 Votes: 75.90% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 377 Votes: 69.50% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 781 Votes: 70.17% Annoying