Reflections: Auschwitz Concentration Camp: The 80th Anniversary
Mark Wallace, a lawyer and a former US diplomat who also happened to be the Chief Executive of the Counter Extremism Project said, "This house has been closed for 80 years. It was out of reach to the victims and their families. Finally, we can open it to honor survivors and show that this place of incredible evil is now open to all." According to Wallace, the plan was set by the Project to turn the house and its adjacent property into "Auschwitz Research Center on Hate, Extremism and Radicalisation." This center would work to spread the solemn pledge "Never Again ", taken in those historical days, and initiate activities to keep the pledge alive among the people of the present time.
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.