1681748197 Auschwitz memorial again reimagines visitors who pose on social media

Auschwitz memorial (again) reimagines visitors who pose on social media The

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Participants walk past the fences of the former Auschwitz-Birkenau camp during the March of the Living to honor Holocaust victims, at the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in Oswiecim, Poland, April 28, 2022. (Photo by Wojtek Radwanski / AFP) WOJTEK RADWANSKI v AFP Participants walk past the fences of the former Auschwitz-Birkenau camp during the March of the Living to honor victims of the Holocaust, at the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in Oswiecim, Poland April 28 2022. (Photo by Wojtek Radwanski / AFP)

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A British journalist visited the Auschwitz Memorial and shared it on her Twitter account. But the published photo caused a stir.

AUSCHWITZ – “Total contempt”. This Saturday, April 5, Maria Murphy, a British columnist for GB News, posted on her Twitter account a photo taken at the Auschwitz Memorial in Poland. In the background of the photo you can see the concentration camp, which is right next to the Birkenau extermination camp. Except that in the foreground, on the tracks leading to the camp, a woman is posing in the sun as if she were standing in front of a tourist monument.

Since Saturday, this post has not gone unnoticed, many Internet users are “shocked”. “Absolutely disgusting,” commented another. Some say they witnessed similar scenes there too: “We saw the same thing when we were there a few months ago. Total disregard,” “when I went there, people were taking selfies. So disrespectful. »

Auschwitz memorial again reimagines visitors who pose on social media

And the journalist who took this photo is also particularly critical. “Today I had one of the most poignant experiences of my life. Unfortunately, not everyone seems to experience it so intensely,” she wrote on Twitter with her photo.

Not the first call to order

Given the visibility – more than 24 million views – and the many reactions below this tweet, the memorial has chosen to respond by reiterating the need to respect the memory of the victims.

“Images can have immense emotional and documentary value for visitors. Pictures help us to remember. Visitors to the @AuschwitzMuseum should remember that they are entering the authentic site of the former camp where over a million people were murdered. Respect her memory. »

Auschwitz memorial again reimagines visitors who pose on social media

It is not the first time that the memorial has had to raise its voice. In 2019, the institution had already spoken out about the same phenomenon, bringing together several footage of people playing tightrope walkers on the camp’s railings. As we reported in March 2019.

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