Auschwitz Memorial calls WWE 'shameless' after promo image appears to show concentration camp

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The WWE came under scrutiny on Wednesday when fans alleged that the company had used imagery from the Auschwitz concentration camp in a promo for one of its wrestlers, Dominik Mysterio.

The image was shown on Saturday ahead of the first night of WrestleMania 39 to hype up the match between Dominik Mysterio and his father, Rey. Dominik Mysterio’s storyline revolves around him going to jail for beating up his dad on Christmas.

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Visitors are seen inside the former Auschwitz I camp in Oswiecim, Poland, on January 27, 2023. (Artur Widak/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The "Prison Dom" moniker took off in WWE circles and helped build his persona.

However, fans watching WrestleMania pointed out that WWE may have used images from Auschwitz to build the hype around the match between the Mysterio family.

Auschwitz Memorial commented on the allegations in a tweet.

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A watchtower and barb wired fence at the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz Birkenau II during the 78th Anniversary of Auschwitz - Birkenau Liberation and International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Brzezinka, Poland, on January 27, 2023. (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

"The fact that Auschwitz image was used to promote a WWE match is hard to call ‘an editing mistake’. Exploiting the site that became a symbol of enormous human tragedy is shameless and insults the memory of all victims of Auschwitz," the museum tweeted.

WWE didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox