The entrance to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Poland
The 38-year-old Irish national, whose name is not reported, is said to have scratched his name onto the wall during a visit to the site on Sunday because he had seen other people’s names on it and thought it was the right thing to do.
The man was spotted by the Auschwitz Museum Guards who detained him but he was later released after pleading guilty, according to reports.
Pic: Wikipedia
Four child survivors of the Nazi Holocaust return to Auschwitz in southern Poland where they were photographed in 1945 by Soviet troops liberating the camp.
Top from left: Paula Lebovics, Miriam Ziegler, Gabor Hirsch and Eva Kor,
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Minister Flanagan in Poland to commemorate 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz (DFA.ie)
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27 janvier, Journée de commémoration de l’Holocauste. Ici, le camp d’Auschwitz-Birkenau #AFP pic.twitter.com/9tbp4TA0B9
— Agence France-Presse (@afpfr) January 27, 2014
Meanwhile in Stormont…
@M_McGuinness_SF tells Assembly he is “delighted” Adolf Hitler was defeated by “Allied Forces” during 2nd World War. Q about Holocaust Day
— Gareth Gordon (@BBCGarethG) January 27, 2014