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commandant

[kom-uhn-dant, -dahnt, kom-uhn-dant, -dahnt] / ˌkɒm ənˈdænt, -ˈdɑnt, ˈkɒm ənˌdænt, -ˌdɑnt /


NOUN
commanding officer
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In 2024 I helped the nonprofit Counter Extremism Project buy the house next door to Auschwitz, where camp commandant Rudolf Höss lived with his family.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

For ethical reasons, there are no plans to display the piece, but a photo of the lamp on the commandant of Buchenwald's desk is on the Museum of Resistance and Deportation of Besancon's website.

From BBC • May 5, 2025

Hüller was also magnificent in “The Zone of Interest,” as the privileged, selfish wife of a Nazi commandant, but her performance in “Anatomy” is staggeringly great.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2024

As it stands, “The Zone of Interest,” Jonathan Glazer’s based-on-real-life depiction of the daily lives of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his family in the shadow of the concentration camp, is a lock to win.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2024

No sooner does the exhaust from their trucks clear the air than the commandant starts shouting.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper




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