AI-generated Holocaust images spark alarm over historical distortion

27/01/2026 15:24 France 24

AI-generated images falsely depicting scenes from the Holocaust are spreading widely on social media, particularly around the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Historians and memorial institutions in Germany warn that these fabricated visuals distort history, trivialise Nazi crimes, and risk fuelling Holocaust revisionism by presenting sanitised or romanticised scenes that never occurred. Experts and anti-racism groups are calling on platforms and authorities to more strictly regulate such content.

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