Auschwitz's Killing Machine Spreads to Ravensbrück #history #ww2 #shorts

Added: 2026-05-22

[00:00:00]The first commonant of Ashvitz did not retire after leaving the camp. He moved to a women's camp. Rudolfph Hurse, who had built Ashvitz into the largest killing factory in Nazi occupied Europe, appeared at Ravensbrook in late 1944.

[00:00:15]He was there to supervise mass shootings and oversee the construction of the new gas chamber. He was surrounded by familiar faces from Ashvitz, my killing experts dispatched to Ravensbrook to help decimate prisoners. The SS considered sick or dangerous. Ashvitz did not end with Ashvitz. Its personnel were exported. Its methods were exported. Its culture of killing outlived the camp itself. After the war, H was captured in northern Germany, hiding as a farmand.

[00:00:48]He was tried and hanged on the grounds of Achvitz. Watch the full story on war room history