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GOP Congressman Criticized For Auschwitz Gas Chamber Video
A GOP congressman is facing backlash from officials at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in Poland after posting a video of himself walking around inside an Auschwitz gas chamber and using the memorial as a stage to promote the U.S. military.
Museum officials spoke out against Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) on Twitter Tuesday, retweeting a story about the recent video from New Orleans Online and saying there should be mournful silence inside a former gas chamber.
Its not a stage, officials said.
leftstreet
(36,112 posts)From his statements for the video at the article - he leaves that out
Also, what the fuck-all does the US military have to do with those camps? They did nothing about them.
Strange shit
tonyt53
(5,737 posts)It took US troops getting to those camps for that to happen. To ignore that FACT, is strange shit.
atreides1
(16,093 posts)That was liberated by the Soviet army!!!
I believe all of the camps liberated by US forces were located in Germany. Auschwitz was located in Poland!
https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_nm.php?ModuleId=10005131&MediaId=381
tonyt53
(5,737 posts)atreides1
(16,093 posts)But when you consider the current love fest that the Republicans have for the Russians, I begin to understand why he chose Auschwitz-Birkenau, since that camp was liberated by Soviet troops, not Americans!!!
US forces liberated the Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar, Germany, on April 11, 1945. They also liberated Dora-Mittelbau, Flossenbürg, Dachau, and Mauthausen. All of these camps were located in Germany!
Someone needs to ask Higgins which army he was promoting, really promoting???
lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)A republican member of the US Congress.