Who would live in a house like this? Schindler's List 'House of Horrors' where Nazi butcher Amon Göth shot Jews from the balcony and his dogs ripped victims apart is being turned into a LUXURY VILLA

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The 'House of Horrors' made famous by Schindler's List where Nazi butcher Amon Göth shot Jews from the balcony is at the centre of a row after a developer began converting it into a luxury villa.

Sadist Göth ran the villa with an iron fist, torturing Jews in the cellar and stabbing one of his maids in the leg because she did not set enough places at the dinner table.

The monster shot dead a young Jewish boy because he left the room without asking for permission. Göth also set his two dogs on his other victims, tearing them apart.

In a notorious adaptation from the 1993 film Schindler's List, the Austrian SS commandant, played by Ralph Feinnes, was shown shooting prisoners from the balcony of the villa.

Developer Artur Niemyski purchased the property last year and is renovating it to move his family in.

House of horrors:The villa, made famous by Schindler's List, on the former Kraków-Płaszów Nazi concentration camp Kraków-Płaszów, where Nazi Amon Göth tortured and humiliated Jews is at the centre of a row after a developer decided to convert it into a luxury home

Imprisoned: Göth held his two Jewish maids prisoner in the basement, pictured. The villa is now at the centre of a row because the owner Artur Niemyski has turned it into a luxury villa. The developer said he plans to turn the basement into a workshop or a wine cellar

Monster: Evil Göth, pictured with his gun, ran the villa with an iron fist, torturing Jews in the cellar and stabbing one of his maids in the leg because she set the table incorrectly. One of his maids told how he watched Jews forced to work on the road next to his garden from the balcony. He called them 'pigs' and said he would shoot them if they didn't work more quickly

Fim scene: In a haunting adaptation from Schindler's list, Austrian SS commandant Göth was played by Ralph Feinnes, who shot prisoners from the balcony of the villa. This scene was adapted from the book Shindler's Ark for the film. The villa is on the outskirts of the Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp. A maid told MailOnline Göth threatened to shoot Jews working on his garden from the villa

Butcher: Amon Göth, right, was an Austrian SS-Hauptsturmführer and the commandant of the Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp in Płaszów in German-occupied Poland during World War II. In Steven Speilberg's 1993 film Schindler's List, Göth is played by Ralph Fiennes, left

Mr Niemyski insisted that he did not want to cause offence. 

But he has rejected a campaign by British Holocaust education charity, JRoots, to turn it into a proper memorial, which is supported by one of the two tortured Jewish women held prisoner in the villa. 

Speaking exclusively to MailOnline, Göth's Jewish maid Helen Jonas-Rosenzweig accused Mr Niemyski of whitewashing the horrors of the villa's history.

'I was a prisoner in this house and a victim. I want the world to learn what happened there,' she said.

Monster Göth, who was married twice, had a passionate affair at the villa with mistress Ruth Irene Kalder, a beautician.

Survivors recalled that the couple lived lives of hedonism amidst the shocking violence that took place on a daily basis.

'He lived the most luxurious life,' one survivor said. 'He had a beautiful villa. There were daily deliveries of fresh meat, fresh cold cuts, fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, wine, liquor.'

The Nazi war criminal would party 'all night long' with his girlfriend, the survivor added.

'His mistress lived with the luxuries, beautified herself all day,' the former maid recalled. 'Lying with masks on her face, doing all kinds of mixtures for her skin… She would put music on so she didn't hear or know anything [about the violence].' 

Jonas-Rosenzweig served at the luxurious parties for SS officers and witnessed the systematic torture and abuse.

On one occasion, she saw a young, Jewish boy being shot dead on the spot because he left a room without permission. 

House of evil: In the villa in southern Poland, pictured, Göth held parties for SS Nazi guards against the backdrop of torture where the Jewish maids would be punished for the slightest of misdemeanours. One survivor said: 'He lived the most luxurious life. He had a beautiful villa. There were daily deliveries of fresh meat, fresh cold cuts, fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, wine.'

Parties: In the lounge, pictured, Vienna-born monster Göth held parties for other SS guards from the Kraków-Płaszów camp. His Jewish maid Helen Jonas-Rosenzweig said a young boy was murdered in the house. His crime? He had left the room without asking Göth's permission

Nightmares: Downstairs, pictured, is where Göth would hold dinner parties. Another maid, Helen Horowitz, was stabbed in the leg after she failed to set enough places for dinner. 'I overcame the pain and ran into the kitchen,' she said. 'And then I saw he'd cut through a vein.'

Row: The house, pictured today, is now at the centre of a dispute with Jewish groups, who want it turned into a museum. Developer Niemyski is renovating the building and plans to move his family in. He confirmed educational tours will be stopped at the property. But he added that he would 'consider' allowing a plaque to be mounted on the façade.

She is haunted by Göth's pet dogs. 'One was black and white. He was so big,' she recalled. 'I brushed the dog, I fed the dog… He would give this order to the dog, Ralph, and it would tear people apart. Tear people apart, grab them by parts of the body.'

One day she remembered seeing the haunting image of Göth standing by the window with a machine gun, watching slave labourers digging ditches and carrying rocks on the road next to his garden, where they were forced to work. 

Haunted: Helen Jonas-Rosenzweig, pictured, was selected by Göth from the Kraków-Płaszów camp to work at the villa as his maid

'He said to me, 'look at those pigs. If they don't start working in a few seconds, they are all going to be dead'.'

She ran desperately from the villa to tell the people working that their lives were in danger. 'If I hadn't slid down that hill [to warn them], there would [have been] shooting,' she said.

Another maid, Helen Horowitz, was stabbed in the leg after she failed to set enough places for dinner. 'I overcame the pain and ran into the kitchen,' she said. 'And then I saw he'd cut through a vein.'

In another incident Horowitz was 'grabbed by the breasts' while working in the house. 'I thought he was tearing out both my breasts, he jerked me with such force,' she said.

'He was a sadist, indescribable sadist… he started beating me and threw me with all his strength.'

The basement, where Göth's Jewish maids were imprisoned, has undergone 'extensive renovation' to protect it from damp. Developer Mr Niemyski plans to use it for a workshop and is considering storing wine there.

Göth, who according to witnesses 'would never start his breakfast without shooting at least one person', was tried in Poland in 1946. He was sentenced to death for 'personally killing, maiming and torturing a substantial, albeit unidentified number of people', and hanged 10 days later.

The new owner of the property acknowledged the horrors of its past, but refused to allow this to determine its future. 'We can't do anything about what happened in the country at that time,' he said. 'I don't know if I will feel comfortable sleeping at night, but I don't think there will be a problem.

'The whole street was occupied by officers from the camp of various ranks, and different stories happened there as well. We have to live with this.'

The Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp was notorious for the extreme violence that took place there, even by Nazi standards.

Prisoners were routinely executed at random and torture was commonplace. One of the senior female commanders, Alice Orlowski, was known for whipping women inmates in the eyes.

Commander of evil: The Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp under Göth, pictured, was notorious for the extreme violence that took place there, even by Nazi standards

In control: Under Göth, pictured, prisoners were routinely executed at random and torture was commonplace. One of the senior female commanders, Alice Orlowski, was known for whipping women inmates in the eyes

Affair: Twice married Göth lived at the villa with his mistress Ruth Irene Kalder, a beautician, left. A survivor said Ruth lived with luxuries and 'beautified herself all day'. She added: Lying with masks on her face, doing all kinds of mixtures for her skin… She would put music on so she didn't hear or know anything [about the violence].'

German forces went to great lengths to dismantle as much evidence of the site as possible as they retreated in the face of the Soviet advance in 1945. Documents were destroyed, and even the bodies in mass graves were exhumed and burnt.  

Mr Niemyski said he has lovingly restored the house to its 'original condition' and intended to move in with his family in the summer.

'My opinion is that this building was occupied for a small period by the Nazi, which should not influence this property forever,' he said.

'Many houses in the area were occupied by Nazis. Officers from the camp lived in all the houses in the street. Bad things may have happened in the old properties, but basically these were living compounds.' 

Mr Niemyski confirmed educational tours will be stopped at the property. But he added that he would 'consider' allowing a plaque to be mounted on the façade. 

'They can take photos from the outside, this is their right,' he said. 'But I will not allow them to come in. Why should I allow people to look into my private property?'

He insisted that he did not want to cause offence. 'I used to be on good terms with the Jewish community. I have project-managed the renovation of a synagogue and I met at the time groups from Israel, New York, all over the world,' he said. 'I don't want to make somebody feel bad about what we are doing.

'Generally, I want to restore the house to be once again a Polish family house and keep it like this.'

Concentration camp: A version of the camp is featured in the movie Schindler's List, with Göth played by Fiennes, pictured. As the Plaszów area is now a nature preserve, the director Spielberg built a camp replica in the Liban Quarry, about a mile away

Trial: Göth, pictured at his war crimes trial in 1946, was convicted of homicide for 'personally killing, maiming and torturing a substantial, albeit unidentified number of people.' He was sentenced to death and his last words were 'Heil Hitler'

Executed: Göth was hanged not far from the former site of the Płaszów camp in 1946. This is the scene from Schindler's List. Relatives and groups linked to Göth's victims want his villa in Poland to be used as a permanent memorial to the horrors that went on there. But the new owner, who bought it last year, has turned it into a family home

Jewish groups who have taken groups to visit the site as part of Holocaust education programmes have criticised Mr Niemyski's plans for the property.

Rabbi Naftali Schiff, founder of Holocaust charity JRoots, said: 'We welcome dialogue with the owner, but he has made it clear to us that he wants the world to forget what happened there.'  

He added: 'We aim to inspire young people to light candles there and bring light into a dark place, to sing Jewish songs there that Göth would have had you killed for singing. We ask young people to make a pledge in that house of cruelty to return to Britain and make society a better place.

'Now all of this education has been lost. History is being erased before our eyes.'