World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has apologized after it used images of the Nazi Holocaust concentration camp Auschwitz during a preview.
This photo was used to promote a match between Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio on the first night of WrestleMania 39 last weekend.
In a subsequent statement, WWE said: “We were not aware of what was depicted. It was removed as soon as we became aware of it. We apologize for the error.”
The promotional package is based on a storyline between father and son, which includes Dominik Mysterio going to jail after an accident with his father over Christmas.
As Dominik says in the video, the image of Auschwitz appears on the screen: “You think this is a game for me? I served my sentence very hard. But I survived.”
The pictures that appear on the screen are from the concentration camps where the Nazis massacred more than a million people. Second World War, In Auschwitz, Poland.
That image was then replaced by video clips of barbed wire and empty prison cells before the game and during replays.
But many fans have noticed the photo. It later gained more attention after the Auschwitz Memorial Museum accused WWE of an “editorial error” in a Twitter post.
“The fact that images of Auschwitz were used to promote a WWE match can hardly be called an ‘editorial error,'” the post said.
“Using this site as a symbol of a great human tragedy is shameless and insults the memory of all Auschwitz victims.”
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A string of comments below the post also called on WWE to provide the image.
One social media user said: “What stock site wouldn’t label it other than a Nazi death camp? It wouldn’t just label ‘prison’.”
Another wrote: “100% agree! You need to take them to court and hold them accountable! This is so low, even for them!”