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The Soviet army discovered the camp in Majdanek in Nazi-occupied Poland in July 1944.
BBC: Swedish artist uses 'ashes from Holocaust victims'
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An estimated 80, 000 people were murdered by the Nazis in Majdanek, three-quarters of them Jews.
BBC: Swedish artist uses 'ashes from Holocaust victims'
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Von Hausswolff said he had collected the ashes from the crematorium at Majdanek during a visit in 1989.
BBC: 'Holocaust ashes' painting: Poland opens investigation
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Artist Carl Michael von Hausswolff said that he stole the ashes from the Majdanek camp during a visit in 1989.
BBC: Swedish artist uses 'ashes from Holocaust victims'
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As a young woman, travelling through post-war Europe to help rebuild clinics, she had visited the Majdanek concentration camp in Poland.
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It is estimated the Nazis murdered 80, 000 people at Majdanek, three-quarters of them Jews, during the German occupation of Poland in World War II.
BBC: 'Holocaust ashes' painting: Poland opens investigation
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Prosecutors in Poland have opened an investigation into reports that a Swedish artist used ashes from the Nazi death camp at Majdanek in a painting.
BBC: 'Holocaust ashes' painting: Poland opens investigation
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When the Soviet army reached Majdanek in July 1944, they found much of it intact despite attempts by the Nazis to destroy the camp before retreating.
BBC: 'Holocaust ashes' painting: Poland opens investigation
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However, the museum at Majdanek, in south-eastern Poland, strongly condemned his statement and asked prosecutors to investigate, saying it was sure the artist had not obtained the ashes legally.
BBC: 'Holocaust ashes' painting: Poland opens investigation