The former home of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoss has been transformed into a ... He was tried by a Polish court and was executed by hanging at the site of the concentration camp in 1947.

A man visits the barracks at the former camp (Oded Balilty/AP) The former home of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoss has been transformed ... by a Polish court and was executed by hanging at the ...

Nobody spares a thought, and rightly so, for the Nazis we put to death, yet many are still uncomfortable with the death penalty.