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Haunting new discovery made under floorboards at Auschwitz concentration camp

Haunting new discovery made under floorboards at Auschwitz concentration camp

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Haunting new discovery made under floorboards at Auschwitz concentration camp

An eerie treasure has been uncovered underneath the floorboards at the Auschwitz concentration camp — 35 well-preserved handmade chess pieces.

https://news.yahoo.com/news/haunting-discovery-made-under-floorboards-120213890.html

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Those poor souls 😢.

I wonder where they will be displayed?

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@Drewnogal - Those poor souls 😢.
@EoT - Agreed. Horrible existence they had. And then they died.


@Drewnogal - I wonder where they will be displayed?
@EoT - not known yet, Drew. Maybe one day we will know

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@Drewnogal said
Those poor souls 😢.

I wonder where they will be displayed?
A fitting exhibit for any of the Holocaust museums across the world.

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These unique little pieces may have made quite a difference.

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In fact I have seen a self-made chess set from Ravensbrück and found alink to that:

https://www.kz-artefakte.de/objektbiografie12-das-schachspiel-von-doris-maase/

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@Earl-of-Trumps said
Haunting new discovery made under floorboards at Auschwitz concentration camp

An eerie treasure has been uncovered underneath the floorboards at the Auschwitz concentration camp — 35 well-preserved handmade chess pieces.

https://news.yahoo.com/news/haunting-discovery-made-under-floorboards-120213890.html
Gruesome testimony to the hardiness of the human spirit, even in a hopeless place. Thanks for the article, Earl.

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@Earl-of-Trumps said
Haunting new discovery made under floorboards at Auschwitz concentration camp

An eerie treasure has been uncovered underneath the floorboards at the Auschwitz concentration camp — 35 well-preserved handmade chess pieces.

https://news.yahoo.com/news/haunting-discovery-made-under-floorboards-120213890.html
Nice post Earl.

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