When you come to remember you are at the site where over 1 million people were killed. Respect their memory. There are better places to learn how to walk on a balance beam than the site which symbolizes deportation of hundreds of thousands to their deaths.
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While not the most reverent, notice not all are doing it. Sometimes a person needs a break from all the horrors there, just taking a couple minutes to re center them selves. All mourn in different ways. From one who walks train tracks.
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Among over two million visitors most of them are not doing it. We also understand that people react differently to the experience and need 'a break from the horrors'. However there are other ways of doing this. Mourning is possible in a way that is not disrespectful.
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As a visitor, you shouldn’t even take photos. You shouldn’t even speak unless you really need too. You should allow yourself to be submerged in the emotion, feel the heaviness of the history and imagine what it must have felt like. I cried when I saw the gas canisters display.
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I went to Auschwitz in the past, didn't take a single photo with me in it. I just took photos of the horrors for social class and for the remembrance of the ones that were killed. I felt uneasy when I was there.
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I agree with your post. Visiting was so heartbreaking. It should be respected and we need to reflect when visiting there.
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The old adage "there is a time & place for everything" holds dear here and to all doing this, Auschwitz of ALL the places on planet earth is neither the time nor the place to do this.
Send them here to America please. There are bison in Yellowstone which need a hug.
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