Rudolf Hoess, former Auschwitz commandant, testifying at the Nuremberg trial, April 15, 1946

Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Hoess, former commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, testifies on direct examination before the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, April 15, 1946. United States judges Francis Biddle and John J. Parker (drinking water) listen. Questioning is Dr. Kurt Kauffman, attorney for defendant Ernst Kaltenbrunner. Listening at the U.S. prosecution table are attorneys John Harlan Amen, Thomas J. Dodd, Smith Brookhardt, Whitney R. Harris and others. For further information, visit