A review by abisko
Hanns and Rudolf: The True Story of the German Jew Who Tracked Down and Caught the Kommandant of Auschwitz by Thomas Harding

3.0

A good book, interesting and at times fascinating but gripping by no means. The paradoxical life of the Kommandant as loving husband and father at the same time as being the sadistic, animalistic leader of Auschwitz was beyond bizarre. At the same time trying to come to any understanding of the how's and why's of what creates this type of subhuman seems far beyond the scope of this book. He is what he was - a mass murderer of millions. He hated because he thought he should - was told he should. A pitiful follower surrounded by many of the same ilk.