With its manicured garden and spacious interior, the three-story villa was once described as “paradise” by the mother who raised her five children there. And much was done to preserve the household’s tranquility,

She describes it as an idyllic place to raise her sons, apart from the fact that Auschwitz sat on the other side of the wall. Now, the home that Grazyna Jurczak occupied for more than four decades—one the public learned housed the family of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss via the Oscar-winning Zone of Interest—will cease to be a residence.