Birkenau

Son of POW on quest to find 'lost rings of Auschwitz'

While a prisoner at a POW camp known as E715, British prisoner James Archer became friends with ‘five tough Polish guys’ and a Jewish engraver inmate who made the gang six identical rings with their initials. Now Archer’s 74-year-old son is trying to track down the fate of the rings and their owners. Jim Archer/ Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-2007-0068 / CC-BY-SA 3.0

While a prisoner at a POW camp known as E715  in what was then the town of Auschwitz , British prisoner James Archer became friends with ‘five tough Polish guys’ and a Jewish engraver inmate who made the gang six identical rings with their initials. Now Archer’s 74-year-old son is trying to track down the fate of the rings and their owners.

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Jesse Jackson to attend Roma Genocide Remembrance Day in Poland

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