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Facebook has been accused of 'grossly offending' Holocaust survivors and 'erasing history' after a photograph of victims was removed and 20 other posts in remembrance of victims were 'demoted' on the Auschwitz Memorial Museum's page.
Outraged museum staff lashed out at the social media giant on Friday evening saying that the removal or censorship of photos and biographical information of those who died in the death camp was 'hurtful to survivors, descendants, and all those committed to preserving historical truth.'
In a statement the museum said: 'The posts, which serve as tributes to individual victims of Auschwitz, have been unjustly targeted by this platform's content moderation system, citing absurd reasons such as "Adult Nudity and Sexual Activity," "Bullying and Harassment," "Hate Speech," and "Violence Incitement."'
A Meta spokesperson told MailOnline that Facebook had 'mistakenly sent notices to the Auschwitz Museum' that the posts had been 'demoted', but said that the posts had never actually been censored. 'We offer our sincere apologies for the error.'
They also said that an image showing a group of Jewish orphans - which the museum said had been 'summarily removed without the possibility of recourse' entirely - had been restored.
One of the posts flagged by Facebook shows a Jewish Czech woman named Ida Mullerova. It says that she was deported to Auschwitz on December 15, 1943 and 'did not survive'. The post was flagged for 'going against our Community Standards for Sexual Solicitation'
This memorial to Polish prisoner Feliks Koprianiuk was flagged for 'violence and incitement'
Norwegian Marie Sachnowitz was murdered in a gas chamber after arriving in December 1942. According to Facebook, the post violated its standards of 'adult nudity and sexual activity'
A memorial to Polish Jew Berek Antaba was removed for going against Facebook’s Community Standards for 'Bullying and Harassment'
This picture of Jewish children from the orphanage in Izieu was removed by Facebook because it violated unspecified 'Community Standards'
Established in April 1940 to hold Polish prisoners following Nazi Germany 's invasion of Poland, by the time it was liberated in January 1945 the Auschwitz death camp had grown into the largest killing machine in history.
Over one million people, mainly Jews, were executed, beaten, tortured, starved or gassed to death there, while countless others died of disease or malnutrition.
One of the posts flagged by Facebook shows a Jewish Czech woman named Ida Mullerova.
The post, which says that she was deported to Auschwitz on December 15, 1943 and 'did not survive', was flagged by Facebook for 'going against our Community Standards for sexual solicitation.'
Another showing Polish prisoner Feliks Koprianiuk was flagged for 'violence and incitement.'
Yet another shows Jewish Norwegian woman Marie Sachnowitz who was murdered in a gas chamber after arriving in December 1942. According to Facebook, the post violated its standards of 'adult nudity and sexual activity.'
In another, the museum posted a memorial to Berek Antaba, a Polish Jew born in 1984 who was deported to Auschwitz in November 1942.
'He did not survive,' the post says, along with his picture.
But a note against the post added by Facebook says: 'We moved one
