Yolocaust Gallery Mocks Disrespectful Selfie Pics at Holocaust Memorial Site

World 23:25 19.01.2017

Social media has exploded over selfie pictures posted online of people posing at the Berlin Holocaust Memorial site, commemorating the deaths of six million Jews that have been satirized by Israeli satirist Shahak Shapira, in an effort to highlight the hijacking of the "horrors of the past."

Ich habe Selfies aus dem Holocaust-Mahnmal mit Bildmaterial aus Vernichtungslagern kombiniert: https://t.co/Zs8m23Dp23 #YOLOCAUST
— Shahak Shapira (@ShahakShapira) 18 January 2017

The Berlin Holocaust Memorial, commemorating the death of Jews in Europe, is visited by 10,000 people, every day, but an increasing number are taking selfies on the installation of concrete slabs, taking selfies in a variety of crazy poses.

Controversial yet effective lesson of appropriate behaviour. #yolocaust @ShahakShapira https://t.co/MfrRjDUj5r pic.twitter.com/8UYLPpjsj8
— Weronika S. W. (@verberrica) 18 January 2017

Combining the selfies Shapira found on Facebook, Instagram, Tinder and Grindr with real images of the holocaust, the artist hopes to incite public debate on the commemorative culture.

https://t.co/WwRmDQ223Z project #YOLOCAUST - how the Holocaust is remembered... #GermanDeathCamps @SpecGhost #Holocaust pic.twitter.com/iuwJxXCMht
— Lucas Grzella (@lgrzella) 19 January 2017

On her website she says: "No historical event compares to the Holocaust. It's up to you how to behave at a memorial site that marks the death of 6 million people.

"Some people's behavior at the memorial site is indeed disrespectful. But the victims are dead, so they're probably busy doing dead people's stuff rather than caring about that."

Ok, now for something even beyond anything we'd ever dream up.
The #yolocaust.https://t.co/UQ2ukdylPy pic.twitter.com/c5xPXRf5ta
— TruthWillOut (@TGSNTtv) 18 January 2017

Yolocaust: selfies taken at the Holocaust Memorial https://t.co/VGE8LHkupI pic.twitter.com/O6MLcKiSJI
— Diana

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