Oświęcim Naszemiasto: The Oświęcim Villa Of Rudolf Höss, Commandant Of The Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Has Been Sold. The New Owner Is An American Non-Governmental Organization.
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“The house in Oświęcim where Rudolf Höss, commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, lived with his family during the war has been sold. The new owner of the historic building, which borders the Auschwitz Memorial, is the American non-governmental organization Counter Extremism Project. Plans of the American organization in the former house of the commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp. The American organization has decided to create a Center for Research, Education and Action against Anti-Semitism, Extremism and Radicalization in the former home of the Auschwitz concentration camp commandant, whose main goal will be to combat hate speech in public debate.”
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January 23, 2025
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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.