A U.S.-based organization is transforming the house of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss into a research center devoted to fighting extremism. It is introducing it to the public on the 80th

As the world marks the 80th year of the liberation of the Nazi death camp, author Thomas Harding is one of the few people who met the family of the mastermind of Auschwitz. Here, he recalls exactly wh

The villa of Rudolf Höss, Auschwitz’s longest-serving commandant, is being transformed into a research centre dedicated to fighting extremism. Once a chilling symbol of Nazi atrocities, the house will open to the public on Auschwitz’s 80th liberation anniversary (January 27),

The family home next to Auschwitz – immortalized on screen in last year’s Oscar-winning film ‘The Zone of Interest’ - is opening its doors to the public for the first time. This coincides with an alarming international survey examining Holocaust knowledge and awareness.

With its manicured garden and spacious interior, the three-story villa was once described as “paradise” by the mother who raised her five children there. And much was done to preserve the household’s tranquility,

Once a 'paradise' occupied by commandant Rudolf Höss, the center will now host research, education, professional training, policy advocacy, and art

OSWIECIM, Poland — A U.S.-based organization is transforming the house of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss into ... the house just next to the concentration camp. As commandant from 1940 ...

The former home of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss, which is being transformed ... five children in the house just next to the concentration camp. As commandant from 1940 to 1944, Höss ...

KCRA Documentary screens at University of Arkansas The home is the former residence of the commander of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, Rudolph Höss. The house recently featured heavily in the movie "Zone of Interest,

In just over four-and-a-half years, Nazi Germany systematically murdered at least 1.1 million people at Auschwitz, built in the south of occupied Poland near the town of Oswiecim. Auschwitz was at the centre of the Nazi campaign to eradicate Europe's Jewish population, and almost one million of those who died there were Jews.

Officials say the commemorative event marking the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation could be the last of its kind.

The largest camp in the entire system of Nazi concentration and extermination camps, where more than 1 million people perished at the hands of Hitler’s regime, has become one of the best-known symbols of the Holocaust.