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 met the family of the mastermind of Auschwitz. Here, he recalls exactly wh

Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess oversaw the slaughter of around 1.1 million Jews, along with 20,000 gypsies and tens of thousands of Polish and Russian political prisoners. Metres away, his family — including his daughter Brigitte — lived in a villa as he masterminded the mass murder.

A U.S.-based organization is transforming the house of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss into a research center devoted to fighting extremism. It is introducing it to the public on the 80th

The villa of Rudolf Höss, Auschwitz’s longest-serving commandant, is being transformed into a research centre dedicated to fighting extremism. Once a chilling symbol of Nazi atrocities, the house will open to the public on Auschwitz’s 80th liberation anniversary (January 27),

Monday is International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp

And much was done to preserve the household’s tranquility, given its immediate neighbor: the largest and most notorious Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz. Inside the family home, Rudolf Höss – the longest serving SS commandant of Auschwitz – dreamt ...

Once a 'paradise' occupied by commandant Rudolf Höss, the center will now host research, education, professional training, policy advocacy, and art

The largest camp in the entire system of Nazi concentration and extermination camps, where more than 1 million people perished at the hands of Hitler’s regime, has become one of the best-known symbols of the Holocaust.

On the 80th anniversary of the death camp's liberation, 98-year-old survivor Marian Turski addresses the commemoration in Poland.

Officials say the commemorative event marking the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation could be the last of its kind.

On the 80th anniversary of the concentration camp’s liberation, its significance is being trivialized by tourism and popular culture. At the same time, this symbol of evil is being transformed and ope

On the 80th anniversary of its liberation, survivors of the Holocaust gathered at the extermination camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland. Of the more than six million Jews murdered by the Nazis, 1.1 million were killed at Auschwitz,