Read more Auschwitz stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5808/auschwitz.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:25:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71711/auschwitz-joins-facebook.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Auschwitz death camp—now a museum about the horrors that transpired there—has joined Facebook. Officials hope to educate young people about the Holocaust but say they are sensitive to concerns about trivializing the site's history. "We want it to be a place of discourse, but of course we...http://www.newser.com/story/71711/auschwitz-joins-facebook.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Oct 2009 14:18:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70800/polanski-rape-happened-at-nicholsons-pad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThink you know everything about Roman Polanski? You’re probably wrong. AskMen.com compiles a list of surprising tidbits about the headline-grabbing statutory rapist: It happened at Jack Nicholson’s house: Somehow lost in the hubbub was the fact that the crime took place at Nicholson’s home, where Polanski took victim Samantha...http://www.newser.com/story/70800/polanski-rape-happened-at-nicholsons-pad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Oct 2009 16:26:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57374/workmen-discover-hidden-auschwitz-note.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPolish workmen demolishing a wall near the Auschwitz concentration camp found a note hidden in a bottle from inmates, AP reports. The note, written on a scrap from a cement bag and dated September 1944, bears the names, numbers, and hometowns of seven prisoners, who were between the ages of...http://www.newser.com/story/57374/workmen-discover-hidden-auschwitz-note.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Apr 2009 1:35:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56602/holocaust-tattoos-indelibly-link-fellow-survivors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMenachem Sholowicz and Anshel Sieradzki don't remember crossing paths briefly in 1944, at perhaps the defining moment of their lives, but the ink on their arms leaves no doubt. Serial numbers the Nazis tattooed on each man's arm at Auschwitz are consecutive—Sholowicz is B-14594 and Sieradzki is B-14595. "I...http://www.newser.com/story/56602/holocaust-tattoos-indelibly-link-fellow-survivors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 19 Apr 2009 14:03:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52837/25-of-brit-kids-dont-know-auschwitz-from-beer-brand.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA quarter of British schoolchildren aged 11-16 don’t understand the purpose of the Nazis’ Polish concentration camp Auschwitz, the Telegraph reports. 10% of kids surveyed were unsure of what Auschwitz was, while 8% think it was a country on Germany’s border, 2% each think it is a beer or a...http://www.newser.com/story/52837/25-of-brit-kids-dont-know-auschwitz-from-beer-brand.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Mar 2009 14:47:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52250/german-car-firm-used-auschwitz-hair.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA German auto parts firm's hopes of a government bailout have been dealt a serious blow with the discovery that it used the hair of Auschwitz prisoners to make fabric, the Independent reports. The Schaeffler company denies the accusations, but an Auschwitz historian says two tons of hair, shaved from...http://www.newser.com/story/52250/german-car-firm-used-auschwitz-hair.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Mar 2009 5:43:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/50330/bishop-will-look-into-holocaust-record.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUnder pressure to recant his Holocaust denial, Bishop Richard Williamson promises to crack open the history books. “Historical evidence is at issue, not emotions," he told Der Spiegel . "And if I find this evidence, I will correct myself. But that will take time." Williamson said his opinions were based on...http://www.newser.com/story/50330/bishop-will-look-into-holocaust-record.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Feb 2009 15:33:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48647/nazi-doc-linked-to-brazil-twin-record.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNazi "Angel of Death" Dr. Josef Mengele may have continued his mission to create a master race after World War II in a small Brazilian town, the Daily Telegraph reports. A historian probing the sadistic Auschwitz doctor's post-war life in Latin America has linked him to the mysteriously high birth...http://www.newser.com/story/48647/nazi-doc-linked-to-brazil-twin-record.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Jan 2009 5:10:08 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/28594/auschwitz-gaffe-trips-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama has admitted he got his concentration camps mixed up when speaking to a Memorial Day audience, Reuters reports. The candidate spoke of how his great-uncle helped liberate Auschwitz when, as Republicans were quick to point out, that couldn't have happened unless his relative was in the Soviet Red...http://www.newser.com/story/28594/auschwitz-gaffe-trips-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 May 2008 7:00:53 CDT