Elon Musk Visits Auschwitz Museum in Poland Following Accusations of Antisemitism on X [Twitter]

Elon Musk, at the invitation of the European Jewish Association, visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum in Poland, one of the largest Nazi concentration camps of the Second World War, on a private visit without an official delegation, photos or public statements. Elon Musk claims that the accusations of anti-Semitism against him were false.

According to Wyborcza, Musk arrived in Auschwitz the day before privately, contrary to previous unofficial reports that he would visit the museum on Tuesday, joining the official delegation of the European Jewish Association.

"Elon Musk laid a wreath at the wall of death and took part in a short ceremony at the monument in Birkenau," the European Jewish Association said.

Information about Musk's visit to Poland was first reported by PAP (Polish Press Agency). The photographs it published showed the multimillionaire surrounded by guards and museum security.

The museum was not closed to the public when the billionaire visited. The management of the Auschwitz memorial complex did not comment on the visit of the founder of Tesla and SpaceX. 

"Everyone has the right to visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum. We had no official delegations today. We never comment on or confirm visits by private individuals, respecting their right to privacy," the museum's office in Auschwitz said.

During his visit, Musk was accompanied by Rabbi Menachem Margoli, chairman of the EJA, Holocaust survivor Gidon Levy, and right-wing publicist Ben Shapiro.

As a reminder, the owner of Platform X, Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, was accused of anti-Semitism last November. This is because he publicly agreed with a statement published on his platform that Jews consider themselves victims of hatred and use it against others. 

The owner of Tesla and the X platform, Elon Musk, apologised for this and denied that he was anti-Semitic.  To prove this, he came to Krakow, where he first visited the former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau and then took part in a conference organised by the European Jewish Association (EJA) on the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is celebrated on 27 January. 

The Germans established the Auschwitz camp in 1940 to imprison Poles. Poles were the second-largest group of prisoners in terms of the number of people deported to the camp. Auschwitz II-Birkenau was founded two years later. It became a place of extermination for Jews. The camp complex also included a network of subcamps.

Here, the Germans killed at least 1.1 million people, mostly Jews. Of the more than 140,000 Poles deported there, half were killed.

In 1947, a museum was established on the site of the former Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau camps.