Sentence examples for use of the commandant from inspiring English sources

The mechanic had picked the Steyr 220 – the fastest car in Auschwitz, there for the sole use of the commandant.

In front of him was the car of Rudolph Höss, the commandant of the infamous concentration camp.

For two years I tried to meet the daughter of Rudolf Höss, the commandant of Auschwitz.

But even as the tasting proceeded, menu development was hardly the sole concern of the commandants of Lincoln.

The chiefs of the Army, Navy and Air Force and the commandant of the Marines have until Nov. 1 to report their findings.

During most of the period from 1940 to 1945, the commandant of the central Auschwitz camps was SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain) Rudolf Franz Höss.

In July 1811 he was called to the Indiana Territory, where he assumed control of Fort Knox after the commandant fled.

The rank of a commandant depends upon the size and importance of his command: in the British Army a colonel commandant is the senior officer of a regiment; in the French Army a commandant is the commanding officer of a battalion, a rank equivalent to major; and the commandant of the United States Marine Corps is a four-star general.

Raw remained the Director of Operational Requirements until 1970 when he became the commandant of the RAAF Staff College.

The SS used to dispose of the ashes from the camp's crematoria in this river, while Rudolf Höß, the commandant of Auschwitz, would bring his children here to play.

The commandant of Fort Snelling, Major Joseph Plympton, found their presence problematic because they were using timber and allowing their cattle and horses to graze around the fort.