AI Generates Misleading Holocaust Photographs Online

An article on January 27, 2026 reports a surge of photorealistic AI-generated Holocaust images circulating on social platforms, notably Meta, and misattributed to real events or people. Over 30 German memorials and institutions have urged platforms to label or remove such content, warning it distorts archives and public memory; historians are employing analytical AI to verify provenance and counter visual misinformation.