{"id":132624,"date":"2021-07-19T00:31:08","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T00:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=132624"},"modified":"2021-07-19T00:31:08","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T00:31:08","slug":"travel-firm-sparks-fury-by-advertising-trips-to-auschwitz-with-smiley-faces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/travel-firm-sparks-fury-by-advertising-trips-to-auschwitz-with-smiley-faces\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel firm sparks fury by advertising trips to Auschwitz with smiley faces"},"content":{"rendered":"

A TRAVEL firm has sparked fury by advertising trips to Auschwitz with smiley faces.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hays Travel posted ads on Facebook for breaks to Krakow in Poland, which include a tour to the concentration camp.<\/p>\n


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The posts feature laughing emojis with stars as eyes under pictures of the railway leading into the camp where more than a million people were slaughtered by the Nazis in World War Two.<\/p>\n

Another snap shows the entrance gates with the sign \u201cWork sets you free\u201d \u2014 under love heart emojis.<\/p>\n

Historian Rob Brooks, 49, of Alnmouth, Northumberland, has been complaining to Hays about its ads for two years and is furious they are still being posted.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cIt\u2019s crass and unbelievable. I don\u2019t expect Hays to be particularly highbrow but have a little decency. What they have to remember is they are advertising a mass murder site.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not a jolly away to the spa for a long weekend \u2014 it\u2019s a death camp.<\/p>\n

"People should go to Auschwitz and educate themselves, that\u2019s important.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe lack of respect Hays is showing is appalling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hays said: \u201cWe are very sorry that this promotion has caused offence<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will look at this again to ensure the appropriate sensitivity when we promote destinations including Auschwitz in future.\u201d<\/p>\n