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NEWS ABOUT: Auschwitz

Auschwitz stories: 12 news summaries

 Auschwitz Joins Facebook 

Museum hopes profile will educate young people

Oct 14, 09 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Auschwitz death camp—now a museum about the horrors that transpired there—has joined Facebook. Officials hope to educate young people about the Holocaust but say they are sensitive to concerns about trivializing the site's history. "We want it to be a place of discourse, but of course... More »

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social networking • genocide • Holocaust • Facebook • Auschwitz • death camp

Polanski Rape Happened at Nicholson's Pad

And other things you didn't know about the fugitive director

Oct 2, 09 4:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Think you know everything about Roman Polanski? You’re probably wrong. AskMen.com compiles a list of surprising tidbits about the headline-grabbing statutory rapist:
  • It happened at Jack Nicholson’s house: Somehow lost in the hubbub was the fact that the crime took place at Nicholson’s
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Poland • Holocaust • Miss Universe • Auschwitz • Jack Nicholson • Roman Polanski • Samantha Geimer • statutory rape • Krakow

 Workmen Discover 
 Hidden Auschwitz Note 

Young inmates left message buried in a concrete wall

Apr 28, 09 1:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Polish workmen demolishing a wall near the Auschwitz concentration camp found a note hidden in a bottle from inmates, AP reports. The note, written on a scrap from a cement bag and dated September 1944, bears the names, numbers, and hometowns of seven prisoners, who were between the ages of... More »

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Poland • Holocaust • concentration camp • Auschwitz

Holocaust Tattoos Indelibly Link Fellow Survivors

Boys who stood side by side in Auschwitz meet again in Israel

Apr 19, 09 2:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Menachem Sholowicz and Anshel Sieradzki don't remember crossing paths briefly in 1944, at perhaps the defining moment of their lives, but the ink on their arms leaves no doubt. Serial numbers the Nazis tattooed on each man's arm at Auschwitz are consecutive—Sholowicz is B-14594 and Sieradzki is B-14595. "... More »

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Israel • Holocaust • tattoos • concentration camp • Nazi • Auschwitz • survivors

(Newser) - A quarter of British schoolchildren aged 11-16 don’t understand the purpose of the Nazis’ Polish concentration camp Auschwitz, the Telegraph reports. 10% of kids surveyed were unsure of what Auschwitz was, while 8% think it was a country on Germany’s border, 2% each think it is a beer... More »

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Holocaust • England • children • Nazi • Auschwitz • survey • historical memory

 German Car Firm 
 'Used Auschwitz Hair' 

Nazi links may torpedo Schaeffler's hopes of a government bailout

Mar 3, 09 5:43 AM CST
(Newser) - A German auto parts firm's hopes of a government bailout have been dealt a serious blow with the discovery that it used the hair of Auschwitz prisoners to make fabric, the Independent reports. The Schaeffler company denies the accusations, but an Auschwitz historian says two tons of hair, shaved from... More »

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Germany • Holocaust • hair • automaker • concentration camp • Auschwitz

Bishop Will 'Look Into' Holocaust Record

Williamson yield after d

Feb 9, 09 3:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Under pressure to recant his Holocaust denial, Bishop Richard Williamson promises to crack open the history books. “Historical evidence is at issue, not emotions," he told Der Spiegel. "And if I find this evidence, I will correct myself. But that will take time." Williamson said his... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Holocaust • excommunication • Auschwitz • anti-Semitism • Society of St. Pius X • Richard Williamson • denial • Leuchter report

 Nazi Doc Linked to 
 Brazil Twin Record 

Historian believes Mengele continued quest to create master race

Jan 22, 09 5:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Nazi "Angel of Death" Dr. Josef Mengele may have continued his mission to create a master race after World War II in a small Brazilian town, the Daily Telegraph reports. A historian probing the sadistic Auschwitz doctor's post-war life in Latin America has linked him to the mysteriously high... More »

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twins • Brazil • doctor • Nazi • Auschwitz • eugenics

 Auschwitz Gaffe Trips Obama 

Candidate mixes up his camps when talking about great-uncle

May 28, 08 7:00 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Photos Show Auschwitz, on the Weekend

Album reveals death camp guards relaxing after 'a hard day's work'

Sep 29, 07 5:30 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

France Bids Adieu to Archbishop

Notre-Dame holds Catholic-Jewish funeral ceremony for former church leader

Aug 10, 07 4:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Catholic and Jewish prayers rang out at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris today during the funeral of the former archbishop of Paris, Jean-Marie Lustiger, who died Sunday at 80. A convert from Judaism whose mother died at Auschwitz, he was known for his tireless work to bridge his two faiths, and... More »

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Catholic Church • Nicolas Sarkozy • Judaism • death • Auschwitz • Catholicism • Notre Dame • archbishop • Jean Marie Lustiger • funeral

Death Camps May Charge Admission

Dachau, other German sites say they're running out of cash to support programs

May 31, 07 5:53 AM CDT
(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 • Holocaust • Jews • museum • Dachau • concentration camp • Nazi • Auschwitz • Ronald Lauder • ticket

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