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Teens fined for stealing items from Auschwitz while on school trip

The two admitted to stealing a piece of a hair clipper, a shard of glass, and buttons from the death camp while on a school trip in June 2015.

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Former Auschwitz guard dies days before trial begins

Ernst Tremmel was accused of being an accessory to the murder of more than 1,000 people and was set to begin his trial on Wednesday.

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91-year-old former SS radio operator charged with 260K deaths

Prosecutors admitted the woman wasn't directly involved in the mass killings, but also pointed out her contributions to the overall operations of the camp.

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Some tourists appalled at Auschwitz ‘cooling showers’

With temperatures topping 100 and several people fainting while waiting in line at the memorial, management decided to provide a simple means of cooling.

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94-year-old former Auschwitz ‘accountant’ sentenced for 300,000 murders (VIDEO)

Oskar Groening already admitted to the court that he was morally guilty of the atrocities for which he was accused, but it was up to the court system to decide if he was guilty under criminal law.

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Auschwitz survivor embraces former Nazi prison guard during trial

The first time Eva Kor tried to approach the man, he turned pale and fainted while holding onto her, nearly bringing them both to the ground, but the second encounter was much different.

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Drawings by Polish prisoner in Auschwitz (10 PICS)

More than 100 portraits drawn by Franciszek Jaźwiecki are housed at the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum as part of a more than 2,ooo-piece gallery of art created by prisoners in Nazi concentration camps.

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Personal belongings of holocaust victims discovered in rooftop, given to only surviving family

“It means a lot to us,” said Eva Wittenburg. “And it would have made my father very happy to know that the world has been told that there once was a good man named Samuel Gottschall who lived with his family in Presov and was killed during the war.”

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