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Will a Selfie at Auschwitz Make You Free?

JL;DR SUMMARY The issue of taking selfies at Auschwitz is explored, highlighting the tension between modern tourism practices and the solemnity of Holocaust memorials. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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AuschwitzHolocaust EducationTechnologyBearing WitnessSelfiesHolocaust TourismPhotography EthicsDark TourismMemorial EthicsSonderkommandos

Places mentioned

Oświęcim, Lesser Poland, Poland
"The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, located in rural Owicim, Poland, now brings in between 8,000 and 10,000 visitors per day, said the museums director of communications, Pawel Sawicki, during my visit earlier this month."
Versailles, Yvelines, France
"But the majority of bans are at museums including Versailles, the Museum of Modern Art, the Getty Center in Los Angeles and Smithsonians National Air and Space Museum in D.C."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"But the majority of bans are at museums including Versailles, the Museum of Modern Art, the Getty Center in Los Angeles and Smithsonians National Air and Space Museum in D.C."
Washington DC, United States
"But the majority of bans are at museums including Versailles, the Museum of Modern Art, the Getty Center in Los Angeles and Smithsonians National Air and Space Museum in D.C."
Berlin, Germany
"says Wagner, who has served as an educator at the Jewish Museum of Berlin and a research fellow at the Danish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies."

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