Grandson of former commandant of Auschwitz on rise of antisemitism

Kai Höss walks to the podium every Sunday at a small church in Germany to share a message of salvation and God’s grace and forgiveness. He’s the lead pastor at the Bible Church of Stuttgart, a non-denominational church that serves the English-speaking international community as well as U.S.service members and their families who are stationed in the area.He’s also the grandson of former Auschwitz Commandant Rudolf Höss, a Nazi official who oversaw the mass murder of an estimated 1.1 million people, the majority of them Jews, at the notorious extermination camp in southern Poland.Höss spoke with Fox News Digital from his home in Germany to share his thoughts on antisemitism today and how he reconciles his Christian faith with what his grandfather did nearly 80 years ago.He was raised in a non-Christian home with non-believing parents, but his Grandma Caroline was a believer who “understood Christ” and the Gospel. “I thought she was really weird,” Höss admitted.He graduated from school, trained as a chef, joined the military and then studied hotel tourism management.

He worked abroad for roughly 20 years, spending most of his time with big-name hotel chains like Sheraton and Shangri-La.“I was a young urban professional full of myself, in love with myself, you know, Rolex, golden Amex, Mr.Cool, going to clubs, out every night.

That was my life,” he said.It wasn’t until a medical operation went wrong that he turned his life around.He found a Bible in the hospital room, initially telling himself that he wasn’t going to read it, but continued book by book.He was saved in Singapore in 1989.

“God saved a wretch like me, you know? And that’s what he does.And it never stops.

His grace abounds,” Höss said. The father of four openly speaks about his family’s past and his salvation and goes to schools to share his story and speak out against antisemitism.Höss was in sixth or seventh grade when he discovered that Rudolf Höss was his gran...