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Auschwitz museum criticizes Amazon series Hunters for imagined human chess scene

By Emma Hagedoorn
Published February 24, 2020 6:29pm ET
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Auschwitz museum criticizes Amazon series <i>Hunters</i> for imagined human chess scene
The new Amazon series Hunters is facing backlash for depicting a barbaric game of human chess at the Nazi death camp Auschwitz. The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland, which protects the history of the site and honors the memories of the victims, tweeted an objection to the fictional scene on Sunday. “Inventing a fake game […]

The new Amazon series Hunters is facing backlash for depicting a barbaric game of human chess at the Nazi death camp Auschwitz.

The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland, which protects the history of the site and honors the memories of the victims, tweeted an objection to the fictional scene on Sunday.

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