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Museum author feud over Nazis soap claim in memoir
Atlanta author Ben Hirsch clashes with the U S Holocaust Memorial Museum over claims his uncle made soap from Jewish victims at Auschwitz. Historians dismiss the tale as unproven, though Hirsch argues the memoir presents new evidence and insists witnesses deserve consideration.
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Atlanta
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington
Auschwitz
Ben Hirsch
Peter Black
Atlanta Journal- Constitution
Hirsch
Soap
Greenwood Cemetery
U.S
Holocaust Museum
Christopher Browning
University of North Carolina
Raul Hilberg
Poland
Hilberg
Germany
Philipp Auerbach