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Fast Forward Naked Protesters Sentenced To Prison For Killing Sheep At Auschwitz
A court in Poland sentenced two activists to prison, and nine others were ordered to pay fines, in connection with a bizarre 2017 incident in which the protesters slaughtered a sheep, stripped naked and chained themselves to the infamous “Arbeit Macht Frei” gate at the Auschwitz concentration camp. Protest organizer Adam Bialiatski, who killed the…
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Fast Forward Auschwitz-Patterned Skirts Removed From Online Store After Complaints
An e-commerce site was forced to stop selling miniskirts, tote bags and other merchandise printed with photos of the Auschwitz concentration camp, the Associated Press reported. Australian online shop Redbubble carried items with black-and-white images of the Nazi death camp, its gas chambers and the railway tracks leading into it. A skirt in the collection…
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The Schmooze Auschwitz Mini Skirts, Throw Pillows, To Be Removed From Online Store
Everything is so commercial these days — even images of a Nazi death camp. The Auschwitz Memorial and Museum rebuked the online marketplace Redbubble on Tuesday, stating that using images of the concentration camp on vanity items isn’t appropriate. The museum’s account included screenshots of products being sold on the site by three different users…
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Culture Should We Be Colorizing Photographs From Auschwitz?
In the photograph, an adolescent girl wearing an oversized blue prison uniform stares emptily at the camera. Her tawny hair is cropped short; her face is gaunt. Her bottom lip is swollen, marked by a sliver of red blood. Like many, I first saw the photograph of Czesława Kwoka, a Polish teenager who was killed…
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Fast Forward Vintage German Train Car Brought To New York For Auschwitz Exhibit
A vintage German train car — similar to those used to cart Jews to Nazi death camps during the Holocaust — will soon be on display at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City, The Associated Press reported Sunday. The eight-decade-old car arrived on Sunday morning and was lowered onto tracks outside the museum in…
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Fast Forward Visitor To Auschwitz-Birkenau Caught Trying To Steal Piece Of Rail Tracks
(JTA) — A visitor to the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp was caught trying to steal a piece of the camp’s iconic rail tracks. The American visitor, 37, who was apprehended by police in Oswiecim in southern Poland, was charged with attempted theft of an item of cultural importance, the Associated Press reported. The…
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The Schmooze Auschwitz Museum To Visitors: Stop Using Train Tracks For Instagram Photo Opps
A new niche trend has arisen: pensive photos of teens balancing on the cattle car train tracks that lead into the Auschwitz memorial. Makes you nostalgic for the innocent days of concentration camp selfies and innocent games of Swastika beer pong, doesn’t it? The Auschwitz Memorial Museum has posted a frustrating plea on social media…
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Fast Forward Teachers Respond To Nazi Salute Prom Photo By Donating To Auschwitz Museum
Teachers at a Wisconsin high school are selling T-shirts to raise money for the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in response to a viral photo of their students posing for a prom photo with a Nazi salute, the Baraboo News Republic reported. Members of the teachers’ union at Baraboo High School decided to make a donation…
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