“Dan Snow & History Hit were given unique access to the house formerly home to the Commandant of the camp, Rudolf Höss. Inside Dan uncovers chilling evidence of the horrors that unfolded 80 years ago and learns what life was like for the family whilst living there. Special thanks to the Counter Extremism Project and the Auschwitz-Birkinau State Museum. Additional thanks to Thomas Harding and Dr Schindler for speaking with us.”

"The house was home to a Polish family until last year when it was taken over by the Counter Extremism Project who invited History Hit to explore the house, which is largely as it was when the Hoss family lived there. Dan travels to Poland with historian and best-selling author Thomas Harding to discover more about Höss' role in the Holocaust and what the house teaches us about 'the banality of evil'. They learn about what went on there, what Holocaust artefacts were recently found in the attic and the future of the house as a centre to combat hate."

“... The 2023 feature film "The Zone of Interest" painted an impressive picture of those years. Now the NGO Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is turning the house and property at Legionów Street 88 into a research center and memorial against extremism. Project name: Archer at House 88, an acronym for "Auschwitz Research Center on Hate, Extremism and Radicalization". CEP campaigns, among other things, against extremism and radicalisation on the Internet and urges the operators of social media platforms such as TikTok or X to take more consistent action against hate speech and concerted fake news campaigns.”

"After a wave of plots and attacks in Europe and the stunning New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans, experts think terrorists are growing stronger and more sophisticated.

On this week’s episode of “The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green,” Hans-Jakob Schindler said the groups are not hiding their ambition."

"Spearheaded by the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), ARCHER aims to transform the former residence of Auschwitz Commandant Rudolf Höss in Oświęcim, Poland, from a center of hate to a center against hate in all forms. In addition to the residence, famed architect Daniel Libeskind has designed an extraordinary new building on the grounds of House 88 to house the organization’s research, education, and advocacy activities.”

“In the outskirts of the city of Oświęcim, Poland, lies a home, adjacent to the site of one of the worst atrocities ever committed. The home is the former residence of the commander of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, Rudolph Höss. The house recently featured heavily in the movie "Zone of Interest," which told the story of the commander and his family and how sheltered they were from the atrocities being committed just yards away. The house, until this year, had always been in private hands. A U.S.-based group, the "Counter Extremism Project," has purchased it. Now, in conjunction with the Auschwitz Museum and UNESCO, they have created "The Auschwitz Center on Hate, Extremism and Radicalisation." The home is now open to the public for the first time.”

“... On Sunday, coincidentally, I was among the first journalists allowed inside the house since it was taken over by the International Counter-Extremism Project, led by Mark Wallace, the former US ambassador to the United Nations. Returning from Ukraine with my friend David Fox-Pitt, founder of the Scottish charity HopeFull, we decided to stop in the Polish city of Krakow and visit the camp, but discovered that the entire complex had been closed for security reasons on the eve of the anniversary.”

"Over the past few years, an American non-profit organisation called the Counter Extremism Project has been negotiating with its Polish owner. In 2024, it was finally able to complete the purchase to open it to the public. The project has the support of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, Unesco and the Polish Foreign Ministry."

CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "How do you create a low-trust society? One way to do so is to have an administrative class which seems to treat the views of ordinary people with contempt. Today’s news of a leaked Home Office report on counter-extremism is a classic of the genre. The report, commissioned by the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, in the wake of the August 2024 riots, says that claims of ‘two-tier policing’ are a ‘right-wing extremist narrative’. "

"As part of the anniversary events, the house where the Nazi commandant of Auschwitz lived with his family — which was the subject of the Oscar-winning movie “The Zone of Interest” — opened to visitors for the first time on Monday following its sale by Polish owners to the Counter Extremism Project, a New York-based group."