‘Respect their memory’: Auschwitz Memorial criticizes visitor for photo pose

The Auschwitz Memorial criticizes a visitor who picked a carefree, happy pose for a picture on the train tracks leading to the entrance to the site of the notorious Nazi concentration camp, urging visitors to respect the memory of the over 1 million people murdered there during the Holocaust.

Ahead of Israel’s national Holocaust memorial day, the museum makes the remark in a response to a Twitter user who posted a picture of another visitor posing for the photograph.

Pictures can hold immense emotional & documentation value for visitors. Images help us remember.

When coming to @AuschwitzMuseum visitors should bear in mind that they enter the authentic site of the former camp where over 1 million people were murdered. Respect their memory.

— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) April 16, 2023