Polish Press Agency: Auschwitz Commandant's Villa To Become Extremism Research Centre
“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. During World War II, the building was owned by Rudolf Hoess, a high-ranking SS officer in Nazi Germany who served as the commandant of the German concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. The centre will be named the Auschwitz Research Centre on Hate, Extremism, and Radicalisation (ARCHER). "This will be a global institution," Jacek Pruski, the head of the future centre, said on Wednesday. "We want to monitor online hate. We will combat radicalisation, research modern trends that threaten our security, and teach those influencing our security how to use this knowledge."”
The Counter Extremism Project Presents
Enduring Music: Compositions from the Holocaust
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.