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Auschwitz Museum Warns Against Fake AI Images Of Victims
The Auschwitz museum warned against Facebook posts with "harmful" AI-generated fictional images of victims of the Nazi German death camp, condemning them for "falsifying history".
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99-Year-Old On How "Playing The Cello" Saved Her Life At Nazi Death Camp
A 99-year-old Holocaust survivor has reflected on her life as the last living member of the women's orchestra at Auschwitz.
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Josef Mengele, The Infamous Doctor At Nazi Concentration Camps
Josef Mengele, known as the "Angel of Death", is a haunting figure remembered for his atrocities at Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II.
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Virtual Reality Bring Holocaust History To Future Generations
For those who survived the Holocaust, the memories can never be erased, but their generation is dying out. Educators and historians are looking for new ways to keep their experience alive and connect to younger people.
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Nazi Salute At Auschwitz Holocaust Site Gets Dutch Tourist Detained
Polish police said on Sunday they had detained a Dutch tourist for giving the Nazi salute at the site of the former death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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Angela Merkel Voices "Deep Shame" On First Visit To Auschwitz
Angela Merkel visited the former Auschwitz Nazi death camp on Friday for the first time as chancellor and said admitting Nazi crimes was a key part of Germany's identity that could combat growing anti-Semitism.
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Germany To Give Nazi Concentration Camp Auschwitz 60 Million Euros
Angela Merkel will make her first visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial on Friday after 14 years as German chancellor, bringing a 60 million euro donation to help conserve the site where the Nazis ran their largest death camp, the museum said.
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Angela Merkel To Pay Her First Visit To Auschwitz Next Week
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will pay her first visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau next Friday, her spokeswoman said, ahead of the 75th anniversary commemorations for the liberation of the Nazi death camp.
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Israeli Teen Fined For Urinating On Auschwitz Memorial
A Polish court has fined an Israeli teenager who admitted to urinating on a memorial at the site of the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, a court spokeswoman told AFP on Tuesday.
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Tourists Caught Stealing Bricks From Former Nazi Death Camp Site
Two Hungarian tourists have admitted to trying to steal bricks from the ruins of a crematorium at the site of the former Nazi German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, according to police.
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Germany's Highest Court Rejects Appeal By 95-Year-Old "Bookkeeper Of Auschwitz"
Germany's highest court has rejected an appeal filed by a man known as the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz", who was sentenced last year to four years in prison for his role in the murder of 300,000 people at the Nazi death camp.
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Pope Francis Visits Auschwitz, Begs God To Forgive 'So Much Cruelty'
Pope Francis paid a somber visit in silence to the Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau on Frida, with his only public comment a guest book entry begging God's "forgiveness for so much cruelty."
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Pope Francis Walks Alone Through Horrors Of Auschwitz
Pope Francis on Friday walked alone through the notorious wrought-iron "Arbeit Macht Frei" gates at Auschwitz-Birkenau beginning a historic visit to the former Nazi death camp.
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Former SS Guard Convicted For Complicity In Auschwitz Murders
A former SS guard was on Friday convicted by a German court for complicity in the mass murders at Auschwitz death camp, capping what is likely one of the last Holocaust trials.
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Verdict Due In German Trial Of 94-Year-Old Ex-Auschwitz Death Camp Guard
A German court is expected to announce on Friday its verdict in the trial of a 94-year-old former Auschwitz guard accused of being an accessory to the murder of at least 170,000 people.
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Auschwitz Museum Warns Against Fake AI Images Of Victims
The Auschwitz museum warned against Facebook posts with "harmful" AI-generated fictional images of victims of the Nazi German death camp, condemning them for "falsifying history".
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99-Year-Old On How "Playing The Cello" Saved Her Life At Nazi Death Camp
A 99-year-old Holocaust survivor has reflected on her life as the last living member of the women's orchestra at Auschwitz.
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Josef Mengele, The Infamous Doctor At Nazi Concentration Camps
Josef Mengele, known as the "Angel of Death", is a haunting figure remembered for his atrocities at Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II.
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Virtual Reality Bring Holocaust History To Future Generations
For those who survived the Holocaust, the memories can never be erased, but their generation is dying out. Educators and historians are looking for new ways to keep their experience alive and connect to younger people.
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Nazi Salute At Auschwitz Holocaust Site Gets Dutch Tourist Detained
Polish police said on Sunday they had detained a Dutch tourist for giving the Nazi salute at the site of the former death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.
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Angela Merkel Voices "Deep Shame" On First Visit To Auschwitz
Angela Merkel visited the former Auschwitz Nazi death camp on Friday for the first time as chancellor and said admitting Nazi crimes was a key part of Germany's identity that could combat growing anti-Semitism.
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Germany To Give Nazi Concentration Camp Auschwitz 60 Million Euros
Angela Merkel will make her first visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial on Friday after 14 years as German chancellor, bringing a 60 million euro donation to help conserve the site where the Nazis ran their largest death camp, the museum said.
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Angela Merkel To Pay Her First Visit To Auschwitz Next Week
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will pay her first visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau next Friday, her spokeswoman said, ahead of the 75th anniversary commemorations for the liberation of the Nazi death camp.
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Israeli Teen Fined For Urinating On Auschwitz Memorial
A Polish court has fined an Israeli teenager who admitted to urinating on a memorial at the site of the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, a court spokeswoman told AFP on Tuesday.
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Tourists Caught Stealing Bricks From Former Nazi Death Camp Site
Two Hungarian tourists have admitted to trying to steal bricks from the ruins of a crematorium at the site of the former Nazi German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, according to police.
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Germany's Highest Court Rejects Appeal By 95-Year-Old "Bookkeeper Of Auschwitz"
Germany's highest court has rejected an appeal filed by a man known as the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz", who was sentenced last year to four years in prison for his role in the murder of 300,000 people at the Nazi death camp.
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Pope Francis Visits Auschwitz, Begs God To Forgive 'So Much Cruelty'
Pope Francis paid a somber visit in silence to the Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau on Frida, with his only public comment a guest book entry begging God's "forgiveness for so much cruelty."
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Pope Francis Walks Alone Through Horrors Of Auschwitz
Pope Francis on Friday walked alone through the notorious wrought-iron "Arbeit Macht Frei" gates at Auschwitz-Birkenau beginning a historic visit to the former Nazi death camp.
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Former SS Guard Convicted For Complicity In Auschwitz Murders
A former SS guard was on Friday convicted by a German court for complicity in the mass murders at Auschwitz death camp, capping what is likely one of the last Holocaust trials.
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Verdict Due In German Trial Of 94-Year-Old Ex-Auschwitz Death Camp Guard
A German court is expected to announce on Friday its verdict in the trial of a 94-year-old former Auschwitz guard accused of being an accessory to the murder of at least 170,000 people.
