A U.S.-based organization is transforming the house of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss into a research center devoted to fighting extremism ...

Reminiscing about her family’s time there she suddenly stopped herself: “I worry that I sound like Mrs. Höss,” she said, referring to the commandant’s wife, Hedwig Höss. In the movie ...

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Tall trees and a high concrete wall obscured the view and the screams of the camp so that Rudolf’s wife Hedwig and their five children – Klaus, Heidetraud, Brigitte, Hans-Jürgen and Annegret ...

Alongside official ceremonies, for the first time Auschwitz survivors will visit the house – and take in the perpetrator perspective – previously reserved for Höss, his wife Hedwig and their ...

The house was featured in the Oscar-winning film “The Zone of Interest,” which depicts the life of Höss, his wife Hedwig and their five children in the house just next to the concentration camp.

He lived alongside the main camp in a spacious house with his wife Hedwig and their five young children, including Kai's father Hans-Jürgen Höss. While unspeakable crimes were being perpetrated ...