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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/336801.html
IAF Pilots Fly Over Auschwitz Death Camp
(Ha'aretz) - Three Israel Air Force F-15 jets piloted by descendants of Holocaust survivors circled over the former Nazi death camp on Thursday in tribute to the memories of Holocaust victims. "It's a protest against the inhumanity of the Nazis on Polish territory," said Israel's ambassador to Poland, Shevach Weiss. "It's a tribute to the ashes of those who were killed here." On the ground, some 200 IDF soldiers stood at attention at the former Birkenau death camp, adjacent to Auschwitz. The fly-over went ahead despite criticism by the Polish museum located at the site.