CEP in the News

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January 30, 2025

"The house was home to a Polish family until last year when it was taken over by the Counter Extremism Project who invited History Hit to explore the house, which is largely as it was when the Hoss family lived there. Dan travels to Poland with...

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January 30, 2025

“... The 2023 feature film "The Zone of Interest" painted an impressive picture of those years. Now the NGO Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is turning the house and property at Legionów Street 88 into a research center and memorial against extremism...

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January 29, 2025

"After a wave of plots and attacks in Europe and the stunning New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans, experts think terrorists are growing stronger and more sophisticated. On this week’s episode of “The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent J...

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January 29, 2025

"Spearheaded by the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), ARCHER aims to transform the former residence of Auschwitz Commandant Rudolf Höss in Oświęcim, Poland, from a center of hate to a center against hate in all forms. In addition to the residence...

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January 29, 2025

“In the outskirts of the city of Oświęcim, Poland, lies a home, adjacent to the site of one of the worst atrocities ever committed. The home is the former residence of the commander of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, Rudolph Höss. The...

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January 28, 2025

“... On Sunday, coincidentally, I was among the first journalists allowed inside the house since it was taken over by the International Counter-Extremism Project, led by Mark Wallace, the former US ambassador to the United Nations. Returning from...

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January 28, 2025

"Over the past few years, an American non-profit organisation called the Counter Extremism Project has been negotiating with its Polish owner. In 2024, it was finally able to complete the purchase to open it to the public. The project has the support...

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January 28, 2025

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "How do you create a low-trust society? One way to do so is to have an administrative class which seems to treat the views of ordinary people with contempt. Today’s news of a leaked Home Office report on counter...

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January 27, 2025

"As part of the anniversary events, the house where the Nazi commandant of Auschwitz lived with his family — which was the subject of the Oscar-winning movie “The Zone of Interest” — opened to visitors for the first time on Monday following its sale...

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January 27, 2025

"Acquired by the US-based Counter Extremism Project (CEP), the villa at 88 Legionow Street will soon reopen as the Auschwitz Center on Hate, Extremism, and Radicalization."