Israeli man fined for urinating on memorial at Auschwitz Published duration 22 March 2018 Related Topics The Holocaust

image copyright Reuters image caption A museum guide at the former camp noticed the man urinating and called the police

An Israeli man has been fined after he was caught urinating on a monument for the victims of the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz.

The 19-year-old, who has not been identified, was questioned by Polish police for several hours and released.

He reportedly apologised and accepted a $1,500 (£1,060) fine.

Polish law says those who desecrate a monument or a public place devoted to a historical event or a person can be punished with a fine or imprisonment.

The man urinated on a monument located between the ruins of the two largest crematoria in the former death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.

A museum guide noticed it and called the police. No details have been released.