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Source: CBS News
POLAND -- Israelis who recently visited the Auschwitz concentration camp museum in Poland were shocked when they came across mist showers placed near the facilities entrance, according to multiple news sources.
The showers were placed to help visitors beat the heat, but some felt it was insensitive given the gas chamber association, reports Israeli news source Ynet News.
"As soon as I got off the bus I walked into the shower contraption," said Meyer Bolka, an Israeli visiting the museum to Ynet News. "I was in shock. It was a punch to the gut."
According to Bolka and reported by Ynet News, Israeli youths who were visiting the museum used the mist showers to cool down, but the placement of the showers made many older visitors angry.
Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/report-israeli-tourists-shocked-by-showers-placed-at-auschwitz-entrance/
They should have thought that through a lot more.