Blame it also on the ghostly place where we are talking: the house, right next to the original Auschwitz camp, where its commandant, Rudolf Höss, lived with his family from May 1940 through ...

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 ...

Rudolf Hoess was the commandant of Auschwitz Concentration Camp during World War II. Under his command it is estimated that at least 1.1 million people died in the camp. He took great pride in the ...