“The Birdman of Auschwitz: Science and the Failure of Conscience”

New CEP/ARCHER at House 88 exhibition to launch at the former home of Rudolf Höss focuses on the life of Dr. Gunther Niethammer: an exploration of complicity, responsibility, and willful ignorance (Oświęcim, Poland) — A new exhibition, “The Birdman of Auschwitz: Science and the Failure of Conscience,” will open April 30 at the Auschwitz Research Center on Hate, […]
Counter Extremism Project and ARCHER at House 88 Announce Partnership with Federal Foreign Ministry of Germany for Musical Concert at Kennedy Center: “Enduring Music: Compositions from the Holocaust”

(New York, NY)—The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and ARCHER at House 88 are honored to announce our official partnership with the Federal Foreign Ministry of Germany for Enduring Music: Compositions from the Holocaust, presented at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, 2026. This partnership reflects a shared […]
Counter Extremism Project and ARCHER at House 88 Announce Partnership with Embassy of Israel in Washington. D.C. for Musical Concert at Kennedy Center: “Enduring Music: Compositions from the Holocaust”

(New York, N.Y.)—The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and ARCHER at House 88 are honored to announce our official partnership with the Embassy of Israel in Washington, D.C. for Enduring Music: Compositions from the Holocaust, presented at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, 2026. This partnership reflects a shared commitment to remembrance, historical truth, and the responsibility to confront today’s […]
Counter Extremism Project and ARCHER at House 88 Announce Partnership with Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington, D.C. for Musical Concert at Kennedy Center: “Enduring Music: Compositions from the Holocaust”

(New York, NY)—The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and ARCHER at House 88 are honored to announce our official partnership with the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington D.C. for Enduring Music: Compositions from the Holocaust, presented at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, 2026. This partnership […]
“Enduring Music: Compositions from the Holocaust” to Premiere in Concert at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on International Holocaust Remembrance Day 1/27/2026

(Washington D.C.)—On January 27, 2026—International Holocaust Remembrance Day—the Counter Extremism Project and ARCHER at House 88 will bring to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts* in Washington, D.C. a landmark concert of works composed in the ghettos and death camps more than eighty years ago.International Holocaust Remembrance Day marks the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau […]
CEP and ARCHER at House 88 Responds to Polish MP Braun’s Comments Telling Jews to “Get Out of Poland”

(Oświęcim, Poland)—In response to the abhorrent comments of Polish MP Grzegorz Braun urging Jews to “get out of Poland,” we reiterate a simple, unbreakable truth: Poland belongs to all its people. Today, a mezuzah hangs on the front door of the house once occupied by Rudolf Höss, the commandant of Auschwitz. In that place of […]
Counter Extremism Project and ARCHER Statement on Antisemitic Vandalism in Dukla, Poland

(New York, NY) – The Counter Extremism Project and the Auschwitz Research Center on Hate, Extremism, and Radicalization (ARCHER) at House 88, fully condemn and denounce the vandalization of two Jewish sites in Dukla, Poland that took place over the weekend. CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace issued the following statement: These vile acts occurred next […]
Counter Extremism Project CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace Thanks the Government of Germany and its Official Delegation for Visiting CEP’s ARCHER at House 88 and Ongoing Efforts in Fighting Antisemitism

(New York, NY) – Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace issued the following statement thanking the federal government of Germany and its delegation, led by Bundestag Vice-president Petra Pau, for recently visiting CEP’s Auschwitz Research Center on Hate, Extremism and Radicalization (ARCHER) at the former house of the Commandant, marking the 80th anniversary of […]
Counter Extremism Project CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace Thanks the Government of Canada and Prime Minister Trudeau for Visiting CEP’s ARCHER at House 88 and Ongoing Efforts in Fighting Antisemitism

(New York, NY) – Counter Extremism Project (CEP) CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace issued the following statement thanking the Government of Canada and its delegation, led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, for visiting CEP’s Auschwitz Research Center on Hate, Extremism and Radicalization (ARCHER) at the former house of the Commandant, marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of […]
ARCHER at House 88 Opens to March of the Living Guests with Symbolic Mezuzah Ceremony Honoring Jewish Resilience

(Oświęcim, Poland) – The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is proud to welcome visitors participating in this year’s March of the Living to ARCHER at House 88, the former residence of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss, for a unique and symbolic act of remembrance and resilience on April 24th, 2025 between 11:00 am and 12:30 pm, prior […]