Here’s an unexpected and squalid consequence of the opening up of Poland to the mass tourist industry. Alongside the prostitution and hundreds of drunken racist buffoons there’s an almost unbelievable trivialisation of the Holocaust.
Some “specialist” British companies offer packages which include strip clubs, firing AK47s and white water rafting. They have names like “hooters and shooters” Here’s a quote from one of them offering something extra:
“Why not take a break from your stag weekend mayhem and immerse yourself in a little world-defining history before the 20-odd pints later in the evening?”
It’s a tour of either Auschwitz or Birkenau.
With the sensitivity you’d expect from the sort of people who think that combination is a good idea they turn up at the camps with “tour” T-shirts saying “Warsaw, Krakow, Auschwitz”. F##king hilarious, eh?
Is there a big enough tosser out there to justify this?
Of course there is. You’ll always find someone to grub around in a gutter if there’s money in it. Out of sheer contempt we’ll not name either the man or the firm but he seems to think that his customers’ inner monologue as they pose under the “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign is:
“To hell with that, we have seen the worst humanity had to show and then gone out on a major night on the tiles with strippers and booze”.
Would anyone like to suggest another use for the AK47s?
Liam redux 
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