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Barack Obama
May 26, 2008
"I had a uncle who was one of the, who was part of the first American troops to go into Auschwitz and liberate the concentration camps."
—Obama, speaking at a town hall meeting in New Mexico. The Republican National Committee immediately lashed out at him for not knowing his history — the Soviets, not the Americans, liberated Auschwitz — and demanded an explanation. Obama's campaign acknowledged the mistake, saying the Illinois Senator's great uncle helped liberate Ohrdruf, a subcamp of Buchenwald, not Auschwitz
— M.J. Stephey