World Wrestling Entertainment inexplicably used footage of the infamous Nazi death camp Auschwitz in a recent promotion, prompting the grappling giant to apologize Friday for the offensive gaffe.
In a spot hyping the WWE’s recent WrestleMania and the on-screen rivalry between Dominik and Rey Mysterio, the former discusses his background as a hardened criminal, saying “You think this is a game to me. I served hard time. And I survived” with footage of the concentration camp.
Officials with the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, a memorial to the 1.1 million people murdered by the Nazis in Oświęcim, Poland, described the crass use