Precious ring and penknife found in Auschwitz during preservation efforts

A ring found in Auschwitz belonging to Jewish prisoner from Lodz ghetto. (Courtesy Auschwitz Museum)

A ring found in Auschwitz belonging to Jewish prisoner from Lodz ghetto. (Courtesy Auschwitz Museum)

(YNET NEWS) -- A gold ring with a precious stone was found during preservation work at the Auschwitz concentration camp recently, Wojciech Soczewica, Director General of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation said.

A wooden penknife was also found by teams renovating one of the barracks.

"After the rains or when the snow melts, the ground reveals objects," Soczewica said. "We find new things all the time in our preservation work."

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