Auschwitz to visitors: Stop posing on the railroad tracks

The Auschwitz memorial on Wednesday urged visitors to stop posing for photos on the railroad tracks outside the former concentration camp.

A number of tourists have recently posted photos of themselves balancing on the tracks outside the Auschwitz Memorial Museum, the museum said on Twitter.

“When you come to @AuschwitzMuseum remember you are at the site where over 1 million people were killed,” the museum wrote.

“Respect their memory,” they added. “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.”

It’s not the first time social media photos at the memorial have caused controversy.

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