“The American non-governmental organization Counter Extremism Project purchased the house of the commandant of the German Auschwitz-Birkenau camp, Rudolf Höss, in the summer and will open it to visitors on January 27, the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the camp, The New York Times reported. The director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum, Piotr Cywiński, did not rule out cooperation with the new institution. The film “Zero interes,” which tells the story of the Hoess family, has led to strangers entering the property in Oświęcim, interested in the history of the house. This has prompted Grażyna Jurczak, who lives there, to sell it. The sale of the house and the adjacent post-war building was finalized in October. The Counter Extremism Project and Ms. Jurczak have not disclosed the amount of the transaction, but as the NYT writes on Wednesday, it is more than $120,000.”