Task: Question Answering
Input (English): Context: Josef Kollmer ( February 26 , 1901 -- January 28 , 1948 ) was an SS - Obersturmführer at Auschwitz . He was prosecuted at the Auschwitz Trial . Born in Händlern , Bavaria , Kollmer was a farmer by trade . He became a member of the SS on January 1 , 1935 after having previously spent several years in the German police force . He joined the Nazi party in May 1937 . In October 1941 he was drafted into the Waffen - SS and was assigned to Auschwitz , where he commanded various guard companies until October 1943 . He then temporarily transferred to Mittelbau - Dora concentration camp , but returned to Auschwitz in May 1944 . Initially he commanded the guard company at Auschwitz main camp , then later the one at Monowitz concentration camp from August to October 1944 . During his time at Auschwitz , Kollmer participated in the extermination of Jews in the Birkenau gas chambers , and carried out executions against the shooting wall between blocks 10 and 11 and at the Buna factory . Kollmer was tried by the Supreme National Tribunal at the Auschwitz Trial in Kraków and was sentenced to death . His sentence was carried out by hanging in Montelupich Prison , Kraków ., The Auschwitz trial began on November 24, 1947, in Kraków, when Polish authorities (the Supreme National Tribunal) tried 40 former staff of the Auschwitz concentration camps. The trials ended on December 22, 1947., The Supreme National Tribunal was a war crime tribunal active in Poland from 1946 to 1948. The Tribunal aims and purpose were defined by the State National Council in the Decrees of 22 January and 17 October 1946 and 11 April 1947. The new law was based on the earlier Decree of 31 August 1944 issued by the new Polish pro-Soviet government, with jurisdiction over "fascist-hitlerite criminals and traitors to the Polish nation". The tribunal presided over seven high-profile cases (of 49 individuals total)., Obersturmführer was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was used in several Nazi organisations, such as the SA, SS, NSKK and the NSFK. Translated as senior assault (or storm) leader. The rank was akin in seniority to that of a "Oberleutnant" in the German Army and also the equivalent of 1st lieutenant in foreign armies., Oberleutnant (OF-1a) is the highest lieutenant officer rank in the armed forces of Germany (Bundeswehr), Austrian Armed Forces, and Military of Switzerland., Auschwitz concentration camp was a network of German Nazi concentration camps and extermination camps built and operated by the Third Reich in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany during World War II. It consisted of Auschwitz I (the original camp), Auschwitz IIBirkenau (a combination concentration/extermination camp), Auschwitz IIIMonowitz (a labor camp to staff an IG Farben factory), and 45 satellite camps., Kraków, also Cracow or Krakow, is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life and is one of Poland's most important economic hubs. It was the capital of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland from 1038 to 1569; the PolishLithuanian Commonwealth from 1569 to 1795; the Free City of Kraków from 1815 to 1846; the Grand Duchy of Cracow from 1846 to 1918; and Kraków Voivodeship from the 14th century to 1998. It has been the capital of Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999., Subject: josef kollmer, Relation: country_of_citizenship, Options: (A) academic (B) germany (C) kingdom of poland (D) poland (E) switzerland
Output (English): germany