Inside horrific Auschwitz ‘social club’ where Dr Mengele would force dwarfs to entertain SS officers

A chilling black-and-white photograph of smiling SS officers in front of a wooden building offers a glimpse into one of WWII’s lesser-known horrors.   With its roomy porch and large windows, the building provided a welcome retreat for German soldiers stationed at the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, but for inmates, it was a site of degradation … Read more

Researchers uncover the previously unknown identities of prisoners at Auschwitz

The identities and histories of prisoners in Nazi Germany‘s most notorious death camp Auschwitz have been uncovered following two years of painstaking research. Historians, archivists and IT specialists at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland and the Arolsen Archives in Germany teamed up for the project. They searched though over 160,000 documents concerning the fate … Read more

Holocaust survivor, 96, gets Covid jab on same arm that was tattooed in Auschwitz

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

Piers Corbyn denies being anti-semitic after creating leaflet comparing jab rollouts to Auschwitz

‘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

Covid conspiracy theorist Piers Corbyn is arrested over Auschwitz leaflets

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

Piers Corbyn is slammed for ‘disgraceful’ leaflet comparing vaccination programme to Auschwitz

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

Holocaust Memorial Day marks 76 years since Auschwitz liberation

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

Images reveal fear of children and families as hundreds of Hungarian Jews are led into Auschwitz

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 removes ‘Camp Auschwitz’ T-shirts from its site

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

Poetry book penned by Auschwitz prisoners who hid it from Nazi guards is returned to museum

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