This seemingly ordinary house next door serves as a chilling reminder of "just how close heaven can be to hell on earth." ...

Among 34,000 people in the town of Oświęcim is just one Jew – a young Israeli named Hila Weisz-Gut. It’s an interesting choice of residence, given the most famous feature of the town is its proximity ...

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 house of Rudolf Höss, the Auschwitz camp’s wartime commandant.Credit...Maciek Nabrdalik for The New York Times Supported by By Andrew Higgins Reporting from Oswiecim, Poland The mother ...