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Hanns
and Rudolf
The German Jew and the Hunt for the Kommandant of Auschwitz

Welcome to hannsandrudolf.com, a digital collection of artefacts recounting the extraordinary true story of Hanns Alexander, the German Jewish investigator who pursued and captured Rudolf Höss, one of Nazi Germany’s most notorious war criminals. Featuring a wide range of exclusive material, including maps, audio and video files, and many previously unseen images, the website expands and augments the physical text in a unique and compelling way.

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Hanns
and Rudolf
The German Jew and the Hunt for the Kommandant of Auschwitz

A letter from the Luxembourg Government recommending Hanns for a knighthood

1949

Luxembourg National Archive

A letter from the Luxembourg Government recommending Hanns for a knighthood
1949
For his work during the war years, various countries wished to honour Hanns. In 1948, the Czech government announced their wish to award him their Medal of Merit Second Class for ‘recognition of exceptional merit in regards to the Czechoslovak Army and Czechoslovak people forcefully held in Germany’. A year later, the Luxembourg government announced its intention to award him their National Order of the Oaken Crown, the equivalent of a British knighthood. However, the British government had ruled that its soldiers were forbidden from accepting honours from foreign governments for services rendered after the end of the Second World War, and the honours were declined. Hanns did not receive either award; in fact he never knew about them. ​
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