A U.S.-based organization is transforming the house of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss into ... He was tried by a Polish court and was executed by hanging at the site of the concentration ...

OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — A U.S.-based organization is transforming the house of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss into a research center devoted to fighting extremism, and is introducing it to the ...

As commandant from 1940 to 1944 ... He was tried by a Polish court and was executed by hanging at the site of the concentration camp in 1947. The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum is holding ...