I was with Rudolf Hoess’s grandson Rainer and daughter-in-law Irene, the first family members to return to the camp since the Kommandant’s departure in 1944. Recommended I met the family who ...

No one wants to be Rudolf Höss's grandson,' Kai, 62, tells me over a cup of tea at his home near Stuttgart. 'Every day I must face the fact that I am descended from the worst mass-murderer in ...

Remarkably, a few years ago — and thanks to my sister Maya, a psychotherapist who is very interested in second-generation trauma — my mother met the son and grandson of the Auschwitz ...

They can, however, function as a warning from history that we must never forget – a message especially relevant as the world marks Holocaust Memorial Day today. Every generation of film-makers comes ...

OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — A U.S.-based organization is transforming the house of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss into a research center devoted to fighting extremism, and is introducing it to ...

With its manicured garden and spacious interior, the three-story villa was once described as “paradise” by the mother who raised her five children there. And much was done to preserve the ...