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Euro Cup Arena Covers Vienna's Dark Past

More than 1,000 Jewish prisoners died after being held there

By Ambreen Ali,  Newser User

Posted Jun 28, 2008 7:10 PM CDT

(Newser) – The Vienna stadium that will host tomorrow's Euro Cup final hides a brutal past beneath the stands, where more than the 1,000 Jewish prisoners were held in 1939. Nazis took medical samples and made plaster casts of the prisoners, who were allowed outside daily...   Read full story »

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