Medium: ARCHER at House 88: From the Heart of Darkness to a Beacon of Light
Body
I was at 88 Legionów Street because, with the help of Dr. Thomas Kaplan and the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) — founded and led by my friend Ambassador Mark Wallace — I had helped to acquire the house. In doing so, our purpose was to turn this place of darkness into something radically different: a light in the fight against modern hatred. And that is exactly what we did. The house is now the Auschwitz Research Center on Hate, Extremism, and Radicalization — ARCHER at House 88.
Date
July 28, 2025
Content Variety
The Counter Extremism Project Presents
Enduring Music: Compositions from the Holocaust
Location:
Eisenhower Theater
Tuesday January 27, 2026 7:30p.m.
Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Counter Extremism Project's ARCHER at House 88 presents a landmark concert of music composed in ghettos and death camps, performed in defiance of resurgent antisemitism. Curated with world renowned composer, conductor, and musicologist Francesco Lotoro, the program restores classical, folk, and popular works, many written on scraps of paper or recalled from memory, to public consciousness. Featuring world and U.S. premieres from Lotoro's archive, this concert honors a repertoire that endured against unimaginable evil.