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04/18/2023 | 12:04 p.m
A woman sparked outrage by striking an unmusical model pose for a photographer on the railroad tracks leading to Auschwitz. Twitter / @MariaRMGBNews
A visitor to Auschwitz faces backlash after smiling and striking a model pose for a photograph while sitting on the railroad tracks leading into the former concentration camp.
The visitor seemed unfazed by the celebratory site in Poland as a photographer crouched to capture the shot on the tracks where trains were carrying hundreds of thousands of Jews and others to their deaths.
Maria Murphy, producer at GB News, captured the unmusical duo during the distasteful act on Saturday.
“Today I had one of the most harrowing experiences of my life. Unfortunately, not everyone there seemed to find it so poignant.” she said in a tweet.
The woman, wearing a red flannel shirt, black top and black pants, smiles at the sky as visitors walk to the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.
The former Nazi complex now serves as a research center and memorial for the approximately 1.1 million victims of the Holocaust in World War II.
The woman, wearing a red flannel shirt, black top and black pants, smiles at the sky as visitors walk to the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. More than 1.1 Jews and other people were killed there during World War II.Artur Widak/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
Murphy’s tweet, which has been viewed more than 30 million times, sparked backlash against the unidentified couple.
“Shocking. Do they actually know where they are!” said one user on Twitter.
“Every adult in the world knows exactly what that track and those gates are. Especially one that is worth visiting.” another wrote.
“Anyone taking a light-hearted photograph outside of Auschwitz should be encouraged to look at the recorded testimonies of Holocaust survivors and sit with their children and grandchildren as we flip through photos of our murdered family members,” Dr. Nili Kaplan-Myrth, a family doctor and activist, said in a tweet.
“Today I had one of the most harrowing experiences of my life. Unfortunately, not everyone there seemed to find it so poignant,” wrote Maria Murphy, producer at GB News, on Twitter.Twitter / @MariaRMGBNews
Murphy wrote: “Total detachment from reality. That’s the only explanation.” add to, “The tour lasted 1-2 hours. There was no way to claim ignorance.”
She said visitors were asked to be respectful.
“One would think that something like that would not have to be specified as a no-go for these criteria,” wrote the journalist.
“Images can have immense emotional and documentary value for visitors. Pictures help us to remember,” said the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. Getty Images Surviving women in the Birkenau barracks in February 1945. Getty Images A warehouse worker transports dozens of corpses. ullstein image via Getty Images
The the museum said in a tweet: “Images can have immense emotional and documentary value for visitors. Pictures help us to remember.
“When visiting the @AuschwitzMuseum, visitors should remember that they are entering the authentic site of the former camp where over 1 million people were murdered. Respect her memory,” she added.
On Tuesday, thousands gathered locally for the March of the Living, an annual Holocaust memorial march taking place this year on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
The event takes place every year on Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel.
With post wires
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