I have absolutely no right to be upset, but if those of the Jewish faith are upset, then I'm on their side on this one. I can completely understand why they would be.

They are misting areas thrown together on a hot day to try and cool people off. That's it.

They are misting areas thrown together on a hot day to try and cool people off. That's it.

 

I can only speculate, but if I were Jewish, the last thing on my mind would be how hot or uncomfortable I might be.

 

Which brings me to: I simply could never bring myself to visit Auschwitz. I cannot fathom it. For me, it is a sacred place, to be sure. But too many people view it as a tourist attraction, and it's unlike the sacred sites of Jerusalem or the Vatican. It is a place of unspeakable atrocities. The souls of those who died there deserve the utmost veneration and respect.

Part of the question is what was the intent? As Europe is very big on these misting stations, they are everywhere. The other question is who runs the place? They are not Nazi's, I'm willing to say it's a Jewish organization who runs it. So I'm sure there was no hidden agenda.

From Eva Mozes Kor:

 

"I don't see any connection. It is hot and they are trying to help the visitors. That is an extreme reaction. I ask that we remain calm and look at the facts as they are - trying to help visitors survive the heat."

 

Eva Mozes Kor is a survivor of the Holocaust who, with her twin sister Miriam, was subjected to human experimentation under Josef Mengele at Auschwitz. Both of her parents and two older sisters were killed at the camp; only she and Miriam survived.[3]In 1984 Kor founded the organization CANDLES (an acronym for "Children of Auschwitz Nazi Deadly Lab Experiments Survivors"), through which she located 122 other living Mengele twins, as the experiment survivors came to be known.[4]

 

Kor founded CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center in 1995 to educate the public about eugenics, the Holocaust, and the power of forgiveness. Kor received international attention when she publicly forgave the Nazis for what had been done to her. This story was later explored in the documentary Forgiving Dr. Mengele.