Politics | Auschwitz Auschwitz Gaffe Trips Obama Candidate mixes up his camps when talking about great-uncle By Rob Quinn Posted May 28, 2008 7:00 AM CDT Copied Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during a Memorial Day town hall-style meeting at the Farm and Ranch Museum in Las Cruces, N.M., Monday, May 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) Barack Obama has admitted he got his concentration camps mixed up when speaking to a Memorial Day audience, Reuters reports. The candidate spoke of how his great-uncle helped liberate Auschwitz when, as Republicans were quick to point out, that couldn't have happened unless his relative was in the Soviet Red Army. Obama's great-uncle was actually among the American troops who liberated the prisoners at Buchenwald. Read These Next Slate examines the 'spiritual rot' of today's Vegas. US forces board oil tanker under Trump's blockade. Bashar al-Assad and family are living quiet life of luxury in Russia. Hollywood is finding its religion. Report an error