Germany’s government and Holocaust memorial institutions have urged social media platforms to halt the spread of AI-generated images that distort or trivialize the Holocaust. Concentration camp memorials and documentation centres, including Bergen-Belsen, Buchenwald, and Dachau, expressed concern over so-called AI Slop: falsified depictions of events such as meetings of inmates and liberators or children behind barbed wire.
In a letter dated January 13, the institutions warned that such imagery risks spreading revisionist narratives, shifting victim and perpetrator roles, and undermining trust in authentic historical records. State Minister for Culture and Media Wolfram Weimer supported measures to label or remove AI-generated Holocaust content, calling it a matter of respect for the millions killed under the Nazi regime.
The appeal comes amid broader scrutiny of AI platforms, including Elon Musk’s xAI, over the creation of harmful deepfakes by Grok AI, from sexualized images of women and minors to falsified historical content. Memorial institutions emphasized that platforms should act proactively, clearly mark AI-generated imagery, and prevent its monetization, warning that unchecked AI Slop threatens the integrity of the information ecosystem.
