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Behind the Aegis

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9. It is as secure as they can afford.

Reply to SoCalDavidS (Reply #6)

Wed Oct 6, 2021, 08:37 PM

Oct 2021

The statement noted that while the security system at the 170-hectare site was "constantly being expanded", it was funded from the museum's budget, which had been hit during the coronavirus pandemic. Fully enclosing the site would not be possible for some time, it added.

In the tweet, last paragraph, it gives a full statement on the plans to seal the site, but 420 acres is a big area to secure.

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Nine barracks at Auschwitz death camp were vandalized with antisemitic, Holocaust-denying phrases [View all] Omaha Steve Oct 2021 OP

My people have been under attack since the Middle Ages AZLD4Candidate Oct 2021 #1

This is just evil. No words. Evolve Dammit Oct 2021 #2

Just what was going through my head. . . No words. . . BigDemVoter Oct 2021 #7

like writing 'there is no sun' - on the sun TalenaGor Oct 2021 #3

I had a similar thought. n/t Coventina Oct 2021 #13

Nazis... GB_RN Oct 2021 #4

It seems to me..... Turbineguy Oct 2021 #5

As it happens, loot from murdered Jews was stored at Neuschwanstein during the Reich. Coventina Oct 2021 #14

I did not know that. Turbineguy Oct 2021 #16

Excuse Me For Asking SoCalDavidS Oct 2021 #6

It is as secure as they can afford. Behind the Aegis Oct 2021 #9

I'm Torn. Perhaps They Should Leave The Vandalism As Is SoCalDavidS Oct 2021 #11

420 is huge area... same size as ucla campus.... Demovictory9 Oct 2021 #19

This is nauseating. chowder66 Oct 2021 #8

Time for cameras. Corgigal Oct 2021 #10

My wife and I went to Auschwitz, where my mother's parents were killed. Fortinbras Armstrong Oct 2021 #18

The said thing is, even if they identify who did this AdamGG Oct 2021 #12

Same thing popped into my head. n/t Coventina Oct 2021 #15

My friend Irvin's parents were in Birkenau ... marble falls Oct 2021 #17