For 70 Years, A Mug In Auschwitz Held A Secret TreasureStaff at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
For 70 Years, A Mug In Auschwitz Held A Secret TreasureStaff at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum recently uncovered a hidden secret - while cleaning a mug that had been confiscated at the camp, a false bottom popped out of the cup, revealing a gold ring and a necklace wrapped in canvas.Because people taken to Auschwitz were allowed so little luggage, they often took valuables which were easily found by the Nazis upon arrival, but many who suspected that their belongings would be searched hid these family heirlooms in the hope that they might be overlooked. -- source link
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