On Sunday, and by chance, I was among the first journalists allowed inside the house since it was acquired by the international Counter Extremism Project, headed by Mark Wallace, the former US ambassador to the United Nations… “Believe it or not, you are the first person I have talked to that walked in because it was just open,” Wallace said. “This house has been closed off for 80 years to humanity. Remember the poor souls who were marched to Gas Chamber No 1 and Crematory No 1, a football pitch away. They always saw this ordinary house, a paradise to its occupants, but always beyond their reach. It has never been opened since, including for the last 80 years.