A British producer's tweet containing a photo of an anonymous woman posing on the train tracks at Auschwitz, letting an unnamed man snap a photo of her, went viral on Twitter.
The importance of preserving the history of the former Nazi concentration camp 75 years after liberation.
Murphy served up a critical take with her caption:"Today I had one of the most harrowing experiences of my life," she wrote."Regrettably it didn’t seem everyone there found it quite so poignant." The Auschwitz Memorial chimed in among a slew of users calling out the inappropriate gesture on the thread, reminding visitors to be respectful in light of the site's tragic history.
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