AI‑generated images of Holocaust victims are spreading on social media, experts say they undermine the historical record and fuel revisionist narratives. German Factcheck has identified several fake photos depicting inmates in Nazi concentration camps in a state of health that never existed. The most recent example shows a blind, emaciated man on a snow‑covered German camp, which AFP Factcheck traced to a synthetic image. Earlier viral images included a fictitious child named Hannelore Kaufmann and a supposed Czech violinist named Hank, both claimed to have been at Auschwitz, but no such individuals were recorded. German historians Jens‑Christian Wagner and Iris Groschek warn that the phenomenon is escalating as AI advances, with some accounts publishing fabricated photos every minute. Memorial groups have issued an open letter urging greater vigilance. The spread of these fabricated images threatens to distort collective memory of the Holocaust.

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