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Auschwitz visitor faces spark outrage after posing take a photo on the train tracks

Thursday, 15/06/2023, 00:21 (GMT+7)

According to New York Post, a visitor to Auschwitz sparked criticism and outrage when she smiles and poses for a photo while sitting on the railroad lead into the concentration camp.

Many lambasted the tourists as she appeared to be unmoved by the solemn site in Poland. She even confidently posed and smiled as a photographer crouched to snap the shot. Her picture has gone viral on Twitter and created a wave of indignation.

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Image Credits: twitter.com/MariaRMGBNews

In the picture that was shared,  the woman was seen wearing a red flannel shirt, black top, and black pants smiling and looking up at the sky. Around, other visitors make a walk toward the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.

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Image Credits: twitter.com/AuschwitzMuseum

According to the report, the tracks, the Auschwitz visitor take a photo, known as where trains carried hundreds of thousands of Jews and others to their d.e.a.t.h.s

The profile of tourists in the photo is not public. 

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Image Credits: twitter.com/AuschwitzMuseum

Maria Murphy, a producer from GB News, captured the insensitive behavior, she shared:  “Today I had one of the most harrowing experiences of my life. Regrettably, it didn’t seem everyone there found it quite so poignant,” she said in a tweet.

Murphy's post garnered a lot of interaction, with many social media users outraged by the other female tourist's mindless behavior:

Shocking. Do they really know where they are? One user said on Twitter.

What the hell are they doing? This place is not suitable for taking pictures.

It was so mindless! One user was irritated.

Another shared, one adult in the world knows exactly what happened on that road. What a stupid couple. "

According to the report, he Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum served as a former Nazi concentration camp, where not only Jews but also many others were  m.u.r.d.e.r.e.d In World War II,