WWE Apologizes For Displaying Auschwitz Footage Throughout WrestleMania Promo

WWE apologized on Friday for exhibiting {a photograph} of the Auschwitz focus camp the place greater than 1 million Jews had been murdered … throughout a WrestleMania promo Saturday night time.

The corporate confronted backlash from followers, media, and even the Auschwitz Memorial as soon as it grew to become clear they used the picture to advertise the Rey Mysterio vs. Dominik Mysterio match.

However now, the WWE is apologizing, saying they’d no thought the picture was used.

“We had no information of what was depicted. As quickly as we discovered, it was eliminated instantly,” the corporate advised The Washington Submit.

It stays to be seen if the reason will likely be sufficient … the Auschwitz Memorial ripped into WWE earlier than the apology, saying, “The truth that Auschwitz picture was used to advertise a WWE match is difficult to name ‘an enhancing mistake.'”

“Exploiting the location that grew to become a logo of huge human tragedy is shameless and insults the reminiscence of all victims of Auschwitz.”

In response to Auschwitz Memorial’s web site, the Germans established Auschwitz in 1940 in German-occupied Poland throughout World Struggle II, and it was the biggest of the Nazi focus camps.