Symbol of horror: Auschwitz tattoo set for sale in Jerusalem auction
The Nazis started tattooing numbers on prisoners at Auschwitz in the fall of 1941, using a metal mold about an inch and a half long in which needles are arranged in the shape of numbers.
Polish-born Holocaust survivor Meyer Hack shows his prisoner number tattooed on his arm during a news conference at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem June 15, 2009.(photo credit: REUTERS)ByZEV STUB