Summary The Zone of Interest focuses on Rudolf Höss, the commandant of Auschwitz, and his family's attempt to live a seemingly ordinary life alongside the unspeakable evil of the Holocaust. Höss is portrayed as a family man who loves his wife and children, which creates a powerful contrast with the atrocities he is responsible for as commandant. After the war, Höss was captured by a Nazi hunter and stood trial at Nuremberg, where he admitted to the mass killings and was subsequently sentenced to death. Warning: Contains SPOILERS for The Zone of Interest This article contains discussion of the Holocaust...