For many years Joseph Hirt, 91, would go around schools, academic institutions and other lecture venues to talk about his experiences from Auschwitz, the Nazi extermination camp.
Thousands of listeners sat glued to their seats hearing about the horrifying experiences Hirt and the other inmates went through, and he became one of the most popular Holocaust lecturers. It now turns out that his stories were invented. Continue reading “Man posed as Auschwitz survivor; lectured in schools for years”
