Hanns and Rudolf: The German Jew and the Hunt for the Kommandant of Auschwitz
AuthorThomas Harding
SubjectHanns Alexander and Rudolf Höss
GenreBiography
PublisherPenguin Random House
Publication date
2013
Pages384
ISBN978-0099559054

Hanns and Rudolf: The German Jew and the Hunt for the Kommandant of Auschwitz is a dual biography of Hanns Alexander and Rudolf Höss by the British-American journalist Thomas Harding.

Reception

Hanns and Rudolf was a The Sunday Times bestseller in hardback and paperback in the UK, and a bestseller in Israel and Italy.

Awards and honours

Editions

  • First UK edition: Hanns and Rudolf: The German Jew and the Hunt for the Kommandant of Auschwitz, Random House, Great Britain, 2013, ISBN 978-0099559054
  • First US edition: Hanns and Rudolf: The True Story of the German Jew who tracked and Caught the Kommandant of Auschwitz, Simon & Schuster, New York, 2013. ISBN 978-1476711850
  • German translation by Michael Schwelien : Hanns und Rudolf: Der deutsche Jude und die Jagd nach dem Kommandanten von Auschwitz, DTV, 2014, ISBN 978-3423280440

Adaptations

In May 2014 it was announced that Hanns and Rudolf had been optioned by The Ink Factory Films and that the company was in talks with Sir Ronald Harwood to adapt the book. It was subsequently announced in May 2019 that the book had since been optioned by Altitude Film Entertainment.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Laub and Harding win JQ Wingate Prize". www.thebookseller.com. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Non-fiction Book of the Month - Hanns and Rudolf". Waterstones.com blog. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Wiseman, Andreas (14 May 2019). "Fred & Adele Astaire Story & WWII Thriller 'The Zero Hour' In The Works For Altitude — Cannes". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
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