WARSAW, POLAND (AP).- Britain says it is donating 2.1 million pounds ($3.4 million) to a fund that will help preserve the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial site over the coming decades. British officials announced the decision for the donation on Thursday. G…
Auschwitz Decays Due to Age and Mass Tourism, Prompting Preservation Effort
OSWIECIM (AP).- The red brick barracks that housed starving inmates are sinking into ruin. Time has warped victims’ leather shoes into strange shapes. Hair sheared to make cloth is slowly turning to dust. Auschwitz is crumbling — the world’s most…
Auschwitz Decays Due to Age and Mass Tourism, Prompting Preservation Effort
OSWIECIM (AP).- The red brick barracks that housed starving inmates are sinking into ruin. Time has warped victims’ leather shoes into strange shapes. Hair sheared to make cloth is slowly turning to dust. Auschwitz is crumbling — the world’s most…
Polish Court Sentences Swede to Nearly Three Years in Prison Over Auschwitz Theft
KRAKOW (REUTERS).- A Polish court sentenced a Swedish man on Thursday to nearly three years in prison for masterminding the theft of the infamous “Arbeit macht frei” sign from the entry gate of the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz. The sign — an en…
Cornerstone Laid for John Paul II Museum in Poland
WARSAW (AP).- Officials say a cornerstone has been laid for a museum honoring the late Pope John Paul II at his family home in southern Poland. The website of the town of Wadowice says the cornerstone was laid at a wall of the pope’s childhood home on…