As the world marks the 80th year of the liberation of the Nazi death camp, author Thomas Harding is one of the few people who ...

The former home of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoss has been transformed into a research centre devoted to fighting extremism, with the building officially opening to the public on the 80th ...

As commandant from 1940 to 1944, Hoss orchestrated the industrial-scale slaughter at the camp, where gas was used to murder Jews. He was tried by a Polish court and was executed by hanging at the ...

The former home of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss, which is being transformed into the Auschwitz Center on Hate, Extremism and Radicalization, is seen on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025, in Oswiecim ...

Every day Rudolf Höss oversaw the killing of thousands of people at the death camp and then went home and acted like ... in a house that shared a wall with Auschwitz, metres from the crematorium ...