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Auschwitz-Birkenau, near the town of Oswiecim, in what was then occupied Poland Auschwitz-Birkenau was a concentration and extermination camp used by the Nazis during World War Two. The camp, which was located in Nazi-occupied Poland, was made up of three main sites. Auschwitz I, the original concentration camp, Auschwitz II-Birkenau, a combined concentration and extermination … Read more
‘It’s absurd’: Piers Corbyn denies accusations of anti-semitism over leaflets comparing Covid-19 vaccine rollout to Auschwitz Piers Corbyn is behind an anti-vax leaflet saying jab rollouts were like Auschwitz MPs and campaigners said the pamphlet was ‘beyond disgusting’ and ‘vile’ Conspiracy theorist said he couldn’t be antisemitic because he married a Jew He told Daily … Read more
Piers Corbyn has been arrested over leaflets comparing Britain’s vaccination programme to Auschwitz. Police said the Covid-19 conspiracy theorist, 73, was detained for ‘malicious communications and public nuisance’. The brother of former Labour leader Jeremy came up with the ‘concept’ for a pamphlet which features a cartoon drawing of the Nazi death camp. Above the gates leading into Auschwitz … Read more
Covid-19 conspiracy theorist Piers Corbyn has been slammed for a ‘disgraceful’ leaflet comparing Britain’s vaccination programme to Auschwitz. The brother of former-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, 76, came up with the ‘concept’ for a pamphlet which features a cartoon drawing of Nazi concentration camp. Above the gates leading into Auschwitz – where 1.2million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust – … Read more
When words failed him, one 15-year-old boy who survived three Nazi concentration camps instead set about drawing a series of remarkable sketches to tell his story of the Holocaust. The then 13-year-old Thomas Geve was imprisoned at Auschwitz, in Nazi-occupied Poland, from 1943 until 1945, and only survived the initial inspection by Hitler’s SS guards … Read more
Holocaust survivor recalls the ‘cloud of horror’ she experienced when she learned her father had been murdered by the Nazis – and how she escaped Auschwitz because it was ‘too full’ on the day she arrived Nelly Ben-Or spoke about the ‘cloud of horror’ she remembered from Auschwitz She narrowly avoided the concentration camp as it … Read more
The world is marking Holocaust Memorial Day in the midst of the pandemic today as memorial events take place online and vulnerable survivors shield from the coronavirus on the 76th anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation. The Auschwitz museum is holding a virtual event emphasising the fate of the 200,000 children who were murdered at the Nazi … Read more
Their faces etched with fear, Jewish children and mothers carrying toddlers walk unknowingly to their horrendous fate. These innocent victims were among around 1.1million people murdered by the Nazis at Auschwitz-Birkenau, near the town of Oswiecim, in what was then occupied Poland. The victims at Auschwitz were among 6million Jews who were murdered by Adolf … Read more
Online marketplace Etsy has been slammed by the Auschwitz Memorial for allowing the sale of ‘disrespectful’ Camp Auschwitz T-shirts. The organisation condemned the £19.95 top, which was being sold by a US based seller to buyers in the UK but has now been removed. The T-shirt featured a skull and crossbones with the phrase ‘Camp Auschwitz’ … Read more
A haunting book of poetry penned by Auschwitz prisoners who kept it hidden from Nazi guards has been returned to the death camp’s museum after it was discovered in a survivor’s cupboard in Poland. The harrowing 32-page notebook containing 17 poems with ‘snapshots of immense suffering and longing for freedom’ was compiled by female inmates … Read more