Bayern Munich apologise after Auschwitz tweet claims

Bayern Munich have issued an apology after the Italian media linked a graphic posted on the club's??official Twitter page to images of the World War II concentration camp at Auschwitz.

Bayern host Juventus in the last-16 of the Champions League on Wednesday, with the tie poised at 2-2 following the opening leg in Turin.

In a post promoting the match, Bayern used Juventus's club motto "Fino alla fine", which translates as "until the end" and,??in anticipation of a home win, added??the Italian caption "Quie la fine" or "here is the end".

The Juve motto is shown crossed out on a train track leading towards Bayern's Allianz Arena and Italian publications Tuttosport and Gazzetta dello Sport drew similarities between the graphic and images of the train tracks that transported more than a million people to their deaths at the infamous Nazi camp in Poland.

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"Unfortunately, our??matchday graphic has been misunderstood to represent historic events, something which was never intended," a??statement from Bayern read.

"If we have hurt the feelings of Juventus fans in particular or any other users as a result, we sincerely apologise. "Our only intention with the graphic was to play on the sporting aspect of this evening's Champions League last-16 tie, whereby one of the two teams has to exit the competition."

Bayern press officer Markus H??rwick added: "This graphic has been made by young people who have no idea of German history."