Friday, March 14, 2014

Metal stamps used to tattoo Jewish prisoners of Auschwitz discovered

 
The Jerusalem Post    "Director of the Auschwitz Museum: "We couldn't believe that original tools for tattooing prisoners could be discovered after such a long time.' "
Metal stamps
 
.... "Dr. Piotr M.A. Cywinski, director of the Auschwitz Museum, emphasized that “it is one of the most important findings of the recent years. We couldn’t believe that original tools for tattooing prisoners could be discovered after such a long time. Even a tattooed number is rare to be seen now as the last prisoners pass away. Those stamps will greatly enrich the new main exhibition that is currently being prepared.' ”
 
The Museum: Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau w Oświęcimiu    "In order to take in the grounds and exhibitions in a suitable way, visitors should set aside a minimum of about 90 minutes for the Auschwitz site and the same amount of time for Auschwitz II-Birkenau. It is essential to visit both parts of the camp, Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau, in order to acquire a proper sense of the place that has become the symbol of the Holocaust as well as Nazi crimes againt(sp) Poles, Romas and other groups."
 
Auschwitz 1 and 2: Virtual tour of the death camp
 

Auschwitz, Memory, World     "The exhitibion(sp) "Auschwitz, Memory, World" was prepared for the 65th anniversary of creation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. It consists of 28 large photographs from the Museum Archives of personalities from the world of politics and religion who paid homage to the victims of the Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz."
Karl Höcker, adjutant to the commandant of Auschwitz, and SS auxiliaries relaxing at a
 recreation lodge near the camp.
 
 Smiling, Everyday Faces of the Killers at Auschwitz  "The Holocaust survivor story told by a woman named Ruth Brand in “Scrapbooks From Hell: The Auschwitz Albums” is familiar, but the context provided by this engrossing documentary on Sunday on the National Geographic Channel makes it horribly new all over again."  More here. 

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