An article by Andrew Higgins in the Jan. 16 issue of The New York Times is illustrated by a photo of the house on Legionow Street in Oswiecim, Poland, once occupied by Rudolf Hoess, commandant of Auschwitz. The house, which overlooks the former Nazi death camp, was occupied recently by Grazyna Jurczak, who sold it to the New York-based Counter Extremism Project that intends to open the house to visitors.

Workers are stripping away post-war additions and restoring the place just as Rudolf Hoess lived there. A mezuzah has been attached to the front door frame to honor Jewish tradition, and repudiate the fanatism of its former occupant.

Hoess was hanged in 1947 at a gallows placed between his house and a Nazi crematory.                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Maciek Nabrdalik photo