'My grandfather was the greatest mass murderer of all time'

The grandson of the commander of the Auschwitz Nazi death camp has revealed how he learned the horrific truth to his family's dark history, and his bid to escape his inner turmoil after the shocking discovery.

In an emotional interview, 62-year-old Kai Höss said he was at school on the day he realised he was the grandson of Rudolf Höss, the infamous Auschwitz commandant responsible for the murder of 1.1 million innocent victims - as revealed in the documentary film 'The Shadow of the Commandant.'

Höss, now a pastor from Renningen, , grew up in Ludwigsburg not knowing of the murderous sins of his grandfather, until that fateful day in school.

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