Note 27
From Rudolf Hoss by Joachim C. Fest — See further Note

Hoss, Commandant of Auschwitz; also IMT, XXXIII, 3868-PS.

'It was clear to me from the very beginning', wrote Hoss in his life history with the pride of the expert, 'that Auschwitz could be made into a useful camp only through the hard untiring efforts of everyone. From the commandant down to the lowest prisoner'.