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Cooling mist sprinklers at Auschwitz offend tourists

A heatwave in Poland has meant that water 'misters' have been installed to cool guests as they queue to enter the Auschwitz memorial. However, tourists say that the mist sprinklers are insensitive, as they resemble showers that were in the chambers used by the Nazis to exterminate Jews.

(Photo: The main gate of Auschwitz - Reuters)

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