Auschwitz launches Facebook site

[TriWooOx]

Quote:The Polish authorities in charge of Auschwitz have launched an official site for the former Nazi death camp on the social networking website Facebook.

A spokesman said the move was aimed at reaching the younger generation and educating them about the Holocaust.

It follows the launch by Auschwitz - now a state museum - of a YouTube channel earlier this year.

More than a million people - 90% of them Jews - were murdered by the Nazis at Auschwitz during World War II.

"We're always trying for new ways of reaching people, and in today's world one of the most popular tools is the internet, and on the internet millions of people use Facebook," said Auschwitz Museum official Pawel Sawicki.

More than a million people have visited Auschwitz so far this year, the majority of them young people.

"If our mission is to educate the younger generation to be responsible in the contemporary world, what better tool can we use to reach them than the tools they use themselves?" said Mr Sawicki.

The Facebook page contains news and information about the museum, links to its YouTube channel and official website, and a discussion board. The first topic is about whether Auschwitz should have a presence on Facebook.

"The Facebook page will provide a place for discussion which is not available on the official website," said Mr Sawicki.

"We want it to be a place of discourse but of course we won't let anyone do anything that may abuse the memory of the victims and this place.

"So far, it's just an experiment. We'll see how people react," he said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8307162.stm

[mastermg]

Hmm anyone else thinking naughty?

[kevlar]

told you bbc is practically jewish... anything remotely to do with jews and it is front page news, cnn is the same, actually cnn is worse...

why would anyone want to join a holocaust group ?

crazy people

[Shinobi]

They didnt mention 6 million.... are the bbc admitting it was only just over a million ?
that 90% would mean obviously that the 10% of others wernt jews but im sorry as that maths does not add up
im pretty sure there were more 'others' than 'jews' who were killed and would probably make up that 90% instead
so lets be a liar here like the story tellers and go with only 10% of jews were really killed... Yeah I like that maths better!

[BlindTheAllSeeingEye]

Quote:They didnt mention 6 million.... are the bbc admitting it was only just over a million ?
that 90% would mean obviously that the 10% of others wernt jews but im sorry as that maths does not add up
im pretty sure there were more 'others' than 'jews' who were killed and would probably make up that 90% instead
so lets be a liar here like the story tellers and go with only 10% of jews were really killed... Yeah I like that maths better!

The Auschwitz death numbers to my knowledge are only officially 1.5 million, after being marked down from 4 million in 1990.

[Weyland]

Are like 90 year old actual Death Camp Jews gonna like network and become facebook friends? Are they gonna like take pics of their tattoo numbers? Shit sounds fucking STUPID! I think that the Auschwitz tourism has gone down with the international economic collapse. So they just needed to promote "come to Auschwitz and enjoy the Holocoust atrocity". Whats next, are hookers from Thailand gonna start a facebook thing too? Come to Thailand "FUCKY FUCKY 20 DOLLA"? How about a Vietnam MIA facebook page too, actually this one is a good idea. How about a CONCEN facebook page warning everybody that facebook is a CIA operation? How about a FEMA facebook page detailing all the known camps around the United States linked to the Auschwitz page just to make you think?:D

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Quote:How about a CONCEN facebook page warning everybody that facebook is a CIA operation?

Great minds think alike..:drunk: my own facebook page is a bit like that.