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  • May 2008

    • Auschwitz Gaffe Trips Obama

      Reuters  |  May 28, 08 7:00 AM CDT

      Auschwitz Gaffe Trips Obama

      (Newser) - Barack Obama has admitted he got his concentration camps mixed up when speaking to a Memorial Day audience, Reuters reports. The candidate spoke of how his great-uncle helped liberate Auschwitz when, as Republicans were quick to point out, that couldn't have happened unless his relative was in the Soviet Red Army. Obama's great-uncle was actually among the American troops who liberated the prisoners at Buchenwald. More »

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      Barack Obama  • World War II  • Holocaust  • concentration camp  • Auschwitz

  • September 2007

    • Photos Show Auschwitz, on the Weekend

      BBC  |  Sep 29, 07 5:30 PM CDT

      Photos Show Auschwitz, on the Weekend

      (Newser) - A photo album of co-workers decorating Christmas trees, playing with dogs, eating blueberries—fond memories, but for the swastikas on the merrymakers' uniforms. The US Holocaust Museum has posted online 116 photos showing how Auschwitz guards "unwound after 'a hard day's work,' " archivist Rebecca Erbelding tells the BBC. The album belonged to Karl Hoecker, a ranking official at Auschwitz. More »

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      Germany  • Nazi  • World War II  • Holocaust  • photography  • Auschwitz  • Holocaust Museum  • SS

  • August 2007
  • May 2007

    • Death Camps May Charge Admission

      Times (UK)  |  May 31, 07 5:53 AM CDT

      Death Camps May Charge Admission

      (Newser) - Nazi concentration camps need to start charging visitors an entrance fee, those who run them say; subsidies from the German government aren't adequate for upkeep and tour guides for millions of pilgrims who visit every year. The proposal has prompted outrage from German Jews, the London Times reports.  More »

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      Germany  • Nazi  • Holocaust  • Jews  • museum  • ticket  • concentration camp  • Auschwitz  • Ronald Lauder  • Dachau

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