Auschwitz visitors criticized for tasteless photo poses.
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A woman visiting Auschwitz sparked outrage after posing for a photo on the railroad tracks leading to the former concentration camp. The woman appeared to be unmoved by the solemn site as a photographer crouched to snap the shot on the tracks where trains carried hundreds of thousands of Jews and others to their deaths. The incident has been widely criticized on social media, with many calling it tone-deaf and disrespectful. The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum reminded visitors to be respectful and bear in mind that they enter the authentic site of the former camp where over 1 million people were murdered.
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