Chess pieces, believed to have provided respite for Holocaust victims, were discovered hidden beneath the floor of a building in the former Auschwitz I camp. The handmade pieces, found by workers at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, consist of 35 cardboard squares with hand-drawn chess pieces.
The simple game that gave Holocaust victims respite from the horrors of Auschwitz: Dozens of hand-drawn chess pieces are found under death camp's floorboards where they were hidden from Nazi guards https://t.co/y4Zdeaki3N https://t.co/x3JqwNgseQ
Workers at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum have made a poignant discovery in Block 8 of the former Auschwitz I camp: a set of handmade chess pieces hidden beneath the floor. https://t.co/VSKXaN4USY
The unique and unusual chess pieces have been discovered under the floor of one of the historical buildings of the former Auschwitz I camp. The collection comprises 35 cardboard squares of different sizes containing hand-drawn chess pieces. Read more:… https://t.co/VxVc6bcCcS
The legend goes that people have played chess in Ströbeck since 1011, when Gunzelin of Kuckenburg was imprisoned there, and he created a chess set and taught his guards the game to fight boredom. #schach #Schachdorf #chess https://t.co/MtsHR6dpZc
A married couple playing chess in their home in Ströbeck, the famous "chess village" (Schachdorf) in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. "Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung", circa 1905. https://t.co/o0Zgry7F9p