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Museum allegedly target of propaganda

The Auschwitz-birkenau museum alleged Friday that it was the target of “primitive” propaganda spread by Russian state agencies on social media. The museum said posts claim to show anti-russian stickers placed around the memorial at the former site of the Nazi death camp in southern Poland. “Russia and Russians,” the stickers appearing in fake images say, “the only gas you and your country deserve is Zykon B,” a reference to the gas used in the mass murder of Jews and others at the camp, which operated during 1940-1945. The images were tweeted by official Russian sites, including the Russian Arms Control Delegation in Vienna and retweeted by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Some posts claimed the stickers were the work of Ukrainians. Several online posts claimed the stickers went up on June 22, which is the anniversary of Nazi Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. The Soviet Union’s army liberated Auschwitz in 1945.

The museum said no such stickers were found, nor did security cameras capture anything on or before June 22. It said the photos were manipulated.

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