WARSAW, Poland (AP) — To try to reach young people around the world, the memorial museum at Auschwitz has launched a page on Facebook, the social networking site usually home to news and photos about friends, funny videos and the minutiae of modern life.The page aims to be a forum for discussion, reflection and learning about the Nazi death camp, and many people have left a simple message in English, Hebrew and Polish: “Never again.”Since opening this week, the page has drawn more than 1,800 “fans,” who have subscribed, and the number is growing by the hour. About 1,000 signed up on Thursday alone.Pawel Sawicki, a spokesman for the Auschwitz memorial, said the museum viewed its venture onto the site as “kind of an experiment.” The attention that the page has generated took the museum by surprise.–Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
Auschwitz memorial launches Facebook page, draws 1800 ‘fans’
October 14, 2009