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And walking on it symbolizes that we're in a much better place right now. Let people smile. Remembrance does not mean being solemn and stern all the time.

Smiling is human. There are also human stories from #Auschwitz that can make people smile. You do not have to be solemn and stern all the time. Yet, there are some things which are simply disrespectful.

Yeah, they are: Holocaust denial. Swastika graffiti. Hate speech. Fascist marches. But walking on a rail line? I wish everyone was just that disrespectful.

We wish people were not disrespectful at all.

It's disrespectful because it comes off as being unaware, uncaring, and ignorant to the site's history and purpose. You wouldn't want...

...strangers coming to your house and rearranging your furniture, and telling you it's no big deal would you?

It's like going to a cemetery, and doing a handstand on tombstones, then saying you're celebrating life. It's in poor taste, my friend.

These are all very poor analogies, you know.

I have visited Auschwitz with my children. My mother was a Holocaust survivor. Many of her family perished. I think this tweet is unworthy and controlling. Sometimes you just need to de-stress a bit. Stop trying to manage everyone into 'your version' of respect.

Sometimes people need to de-stress a bit. There are however more and less appropriate way of doing this within the historical site. Walking along the rail-line of the platform where hundreds of thousands of people were sent to gas chambers is one of those not appropriate ones.

So say you. I disagree and I think you should chill out a bit. And if you are so particular about how you want people to behave then why not publish some guidelines instead of trying to shame young people on Twitter by publishing their photos? Very controlling.

Quote from the regulations: "Visitors to the grounds of the Museum should behave with due solemnity and respect." Those people make their photos public for everyone to see.

I honestly would like to visit this museum. On the other hand I also know that I would be devastated by the sights. I will respectfully follow this website.

I agree but i disagree. What those people are doing is simple humanity at a location of epic inhumanity. Perhaps it brings some joy spirituality in a place of such sadness

It seems comparable to laughing as a body is lowered into the ground at a funeral. Or dancing on the graves of those who perished at this site. Some people may do it, even though it’s incredibly disrespectful. IMO

This is a very necessary post, our picture-taking habits are completely out of control. I may be visting in the summer, I will make sure I am aware of your photography policy. Thank you for all the essential work you continue to do. Without our historical memory we are nothing.

How would anyone consider taking even one photograph. Just being there. Seeing with the heart the eyes storing in the mind. Thinking reflecting. Not even the sound of the camera clicking.

What have we become? Why even bother going to Auschwitz if you're going to behave like you're in an amusement park? Like you say, be there, think and store the meaning of this experience forever in your heart and mind.

I don't understand the need to take selfies everywhere one goes. I think their lives are empty and they have to show all they are doing to make themselves feel better.

I agree. I'm inclined to think it's a tragic mix of ignorance and emptiness.

Jesus christ, maybe people want to share the experience or remember it with a picture. It's not that deep, stop trying too hard

I went to the holocaust museum in DC. I don't need pictures to remember the atrocities. But hey, different strokes for different folks and i appreciate your opinion.