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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Jan 24, 2022, 05:31 PM Jan 2022

Dutch tourist arrested for making Nazi salute at Auschwitz death camp while posing for photo

A Dutch tourist was arrested Sunday at the site of the Auschwitz death camp for making a Nazi salute while posing for a photo, police said.

The 29-year-old woman from the Netherlands made the gesture in front of the gate that says "Work Sets You Free" as her 30-year-old husband took a photo. Authorities did not release the woman's name.

Police told the Polish News Agency the security on the site of the now memorial and museum saw the salute and contacted police. Police detained the woman, and her husband was taken in for questioning.

The woman pleaded guilty and was charged an undisclosed fine. The Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial confirmed the incident on Twitter.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/dutch-tourist-arrested-making-nazi-174432234.html

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Dutch tourist arrested for making Nazi salute at Auschwitz death camp while posing for photo (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2022 OP
The only way to stop them seems to be to stomp on them every single time. nt Biophilic Jan 2022 #1
Good. When I was there, I was shocked by how disrespectful some visitors were. sinkingfeeling Jan 2022 #2
Disrespectful Tourists leftieNanner Jan 2022 #3

leftieNanner

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3. Disrespectful Tourists
Mon Jan 24, 2022, 06:17 PM
Jan 2022

In the Catacombs in Rome, they had to remove the bones of the Christians who were buried there because tourists were STEALING THE BONES for souvenirs!

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