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Cash crisis threat to Auschwitz

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BBC NEWS | Europe | Audio-slideshow: Auschwitz in decay
The consensus of opinion seems to favor the continued upkeep as a testament to man's inhumanity to man.
The question as to who will or should fund the preservation is open to question.
Should it continue to be preserved (as much as possible) or should it be permitted to continue to decay.
As one who lost numerous relatives within it's confines, I am at odds within myself to decide which is the better course.
Which ever way you decide, I would urge you to thoroughly explore the entire web site.
 
How expensive can it be to maintain? Of course they should keep it open.
 
With all the sick groups and nations in the world denying this ever happened, the camps need to be maintained for the ages. The country who allowed the atrocities should pay. Sorry. I have no empathy for their money troubles.

On a personal note, I was OK until I saw the braids. :boohoo:
 
Isn't Auschwitz in Poland?
 
jujuman13 said:
Link
BBC NEWS | Europe | Audio-slideshow: Auschwitz in decay
The consensus of opinion seems to favor the continued upkeep as a testament to man's inhumanity to man.
The question as to who will or should fund the preservation is open to question.
Should it continue to be preserved (as much as possible) or should it be permitted to continue to decay.
As one who lost numerous relatives within it's confines, I am at odds within myself to decide which is the better course.
Which ever way you decide, I would urge you to thoroughly explore the entire web site.
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Auschwitz is a Jewish thing, they should keep it.

Did somebody watched a good movie lately? :coffeepap
 
RightOfCenter said:
How expensive can it be to maintain? Of course they should keep it open.
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Did you watch the video?

Aushwitz-Birkenau is enormous. Birkenau especially was always just a bunch of ramshackle huts scarcely designed to last a year. I don't think it's possible to preserve the entire camp indefinetly. Nothing should ever be built over it, the monument within it should be preserved and things like the railway, parts of the walls and some watchtowers should be well preserved, but trying to keep hundreds of those huts up seems a bit pointless. When I was there most were just outlines of buildings, I think they were rebuilding some of them. The Nazis destroyed huge parts of the camp as they left so preserving the ruins is probably pretty difficult and doesn't really add much to the experience. You can't actually tell a building used to be a gas chamber by staring at its ruins. Eventually those ruins are surely going to decompose into the ground, we should just let that happen.

The proper muesums at Aushwitz deserve to be well preserved, I think that should be a lot easier given the buildings there are a bit sturdier. I don't see the problem with building a modern museum next to the camp to try and educate people about what the camp was like if the original buildings are taking a beating.
 
Arch Enemy said:
Come again?
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Well I assume that Germany usually funds this site; maybe there's some issue that makes it a lot more costly than we know when dealing with Poland. I don't know, but this must be a budget consideration. Why would they consider reducing or eliminating funds knowing the political backlash?
 
I think that it is extremely important that the site not only be maintained, but preserved to the absolute detail. If that requires American money, so be it (it will).

We all know the Euros are too damn cheap to pay for their own security, it's little surprise they don't feel the need to preserve this monument to their stupidity as both a memorial and a warning. One would think we could get Germany to pay some, I mean it shouldn't be that hard to guilt them into it...right?
 
American said:
Well I assume that Germany usually funds this site; maybe there's some issue that makes it a lot more costly than we know when dealing with Poland. I don't know, but this must be a budget consideration. Why would they consider reducing or eliminating funds knowing the political backlash?
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I think history like that should be funded by the world. It should show up on every country's budget, as a reminder that humans do have a limit.
 
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