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

A U.S.-based organization is transforming the house of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss into a research center devoted to fighting extremism.

Monday is International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp

Overlooking a gas chamber and a crematorium at Auschwitz, a large house inhabited by the Nazi death camp's commandant is to become a centre for the global fight against anti-Semitism and extremism.The three-storey grey house,

The 80th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation is marked by Holocaust Memorial Day on Monday, January 27 this year. It's a day to remember the millions murdered by Nazi persecution and one that should never be forgotten. As Holocaust survivor and human rights campaigner Elie Wiesel said: "To forget a Holocaust is to kill twice."

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.

The Counter Extremism Project has purchased the Auschwitz commander's villa in Poland to transform it into a centre for research on extremism, education, and combating antisemitism.

The anniversary has taken on added poignancy due to the advanced age of the survivors, even as new wars makes their warnings as relevant as ever.

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),

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

Nazi troops murdered an estimated 1.1 million people at the Auschwitz concentration camp in southern Poland. The majority of the victims were Jews, though tens of thousands of Poles, Roma, Soviet prisoners of war and victims of other nationalities also perished.

This seemingly ordinary house next door serves as a chilling reminder of "just how close heaven can be to hell on earth."