Earlier this week, in articles published in Israeli news outlets, Bides admitted she stole items from the Auschwitz museum for an upcoming art exhibit at her Israeli college. The spokeswoman declined to provide any evidence proving the origins of the objects, but said the college’s president wrote a letter to the Auschwitz museum clarifying what happened. https://t.co/3nsXtBgg8a — Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) July 19, 2017“The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Site is a protected integral whole,” Bartyzel’s email said. The large memorial site actually covers two different parts of the camp over a total area of 472 acres. Two years later, an Israeli couple was convicted of stealing cutlery found in the mud at the museum site.

Source: Washington Post July 20, 2017 10:16 UTC