I'm surprised how often I now expect the application of sensitivity, but this is just silly.
To cope with a record-breaking heatwave in Poland, mist showers were temporarily installed at the unshaded entrance to the memorial and museum. At the height of the tourist season, they didn't want people succumbing to heatstroke while waiting in line for their tours.
Some visitors took it the wrong way, as if the curators at Auschwitz would somehow have callously dismissed a correlation between water mist and gassing.
"As a Jew who has lost so many relatives in the Holocaust, they looked like the showers that the Jews were forced to take before entering the gas chambers," Meir Bulka told the Jerusalem Post."All the Israelis felt this was very distasteful," he said. "Someone called it a 'Holocaust gimmick.'"
The memorial's management posted this explanation to the site's Facebook page.
Since there are articles about the mist sprinklers at the Auschwitz Memorial entrance published, and you also send us messages on Facebook, some explanation is needed:Because of the extreme heat wave we have experienced in August in Poland, mist sprinklers which cool the air were placed near the entrance to the Museum. They are located in one place - near the area where a queue of people who collect the entry cards to the Memorial is formed. This is a place in the open sun and without any possibility of hiding in the shade where sometimes you need to stand for quite a long time since the Memorial is visited by thousands of people every day. The sprinklers are installed on the days of highest temperatures and removed when the temperature drops
Among visitors there are many people who come from countries where such high temperatures as we have this summer in Poland do not occur. Something had to be done, as we have noticed cases of faints among people and other dangerous situations. Therefore we had to do everything we could to minimise the risks connected with the heat and high temperatures. The safety and health of visitors are our priority during the period of extreme heat. Cooling air have been really helpful to visitors in this difficult situation.
And one more thing. It is really hard for us to comment on some suggested historical references since the mist sprinkles do not look like showers and the fake showers installed by Germans inside some of the gas chambers were not used to deliver gas into them. Zyklon B was dropped inside the gas chambers in a completely different way - through holes in the ceiling or airtight drops in walls.
This is a case of needing to assume good intentions. These people run a museum at one of the most somber memorials ever. It feels like it would be safe to assume that they understand their charge.
Showers at Auschwitz
To cope with a record-breaking heatwave in Poland, mist showers were temporarily installed at the unshaded entrance to the memorial and museum. At the height of the tourist season, they didn't want people succumbing to heatstroke while waiting in line for their tours.
Some visitors took it the wrong way, as if the curators at Auschwitz would somehow have callously dismissed a correlation between water mist and gassing.
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"As a Jew who has lost so many relatives in the Holocaust, they looked like the showers that the Jews were forced to take before entering the gas chambers," Meir Bulka told the Jerusalem Post."All the Israelis felt this was very distasteful," he said. "Someone called it a 'Holocaust gimmick.'"
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Since there are articles about the mist sprinklers at the Auschwitz Memorial entrance published, and you also send us messages on Facebook, some explanation is needed:Because of the extreme heat wave we have experienced in August in Poland, mist sprinklers which cool the air were placed near the entrance to the Museum. They are located in one place - near the area where a queue of people who collect the entry cards to the Memorial is formed. This is a place in the open sun and without any possibility of hiding in the shade where sometimes you need to stand for quite a long time since the Memorial is visited by thousands of people every day. The sprinklers are installed on the days of highest temperatures and removed when the temperature drops
Among visitors there are many people who come from countries where such high temperatures as we have this summer in Poland do not occur. Something had to be done, as we have noticed cases of faints among people and other dangerous situations. Therefore we had to do everything we could to minimise the risks connected with the heat and high temperatures. The safety and health of visitors are our priority during the period of extreme heat. Cooling air have been really helpful to visitors in this difficult situation.
And one more thing. It is really hard for us to comment on some suggested historical references since the mist sprinkles do not look like showers and the fake showers installed by Germans inside some of the gas chambers were not used to deliver gas into them. Zyklon B was dropped inside the gas chambers in a completely different way - through holes in the ceiling or airtight drops in walls.
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