I think "No news from Aushwitz" implies that there is nothing worth reporting, not that it is a boring place which will not interest anyone but because it did not have any recent activity and therefore there is nothing new to report. The author probably wants to say that everything is the same and that it was nothing noteworthy. The title "No news from Aushwitz" was probably chosen because it makes the reader think why there is no news. It makes the reader think that Aushwitz is a deserted and dangerous place which is why no news is available.
I don't think this article can be turned into a newspaper article. It has too many thoughts from the author's point of view and not as many facts. If it were a newspaper article then it would go in the travel section of the NYT. Probably because it describes a now tourist spot to show the past inhumanities done by mankind upon their own kind. The article clearly shows that it was meant for a travel section as there are tourists and giudes in the article itself. Also it is noteworthy that the article gives some imformation like "12000 inhabitants", "....miles from the main town", and such. This kind of articles which have information are usually found on the front page like ".... number of people died in a plane crash", "number of votes a party has after an election", etcetra, which shows that this article could be on the front page with all the statistics as well.
It would also be suitable for the side sections of any page because this article is very interesting and therefore will fit into any page's side sections. The article has information as well as an emotional effect to it and therefore I think that it would be best fit on the 1st page near the ending.
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