Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum

Claim That Israeli Student Stole From Auschwitz Stirs Controversy

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Controversy has erupted after an Israeli art student reportedly claimed to have stolen items from the Auschwitz death camp for an exhibit, but her school said Thursday the claim was false. The school said the student, whose grandparents survived the Holocaust, had in fact taken items from outside the site in Poland, not the camp … Read more

Fourteen Naked Men and Women Slaughter A Sheep At Auschwitz

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A group of naked men and women today slaughtered a sheep in a bizarre ritual at the former Nazi death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, in Poland. Fourteen people, aged between 20 and 27, chained themselves together in front of the camp’s infamous ‘Arbeit macht frei’ (‘Work makes you free’) sign, according to  museum staff. The group also … Read more