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Originally posted by Rudey
Publicity gimmick? For whom? It was recommended by many prominent Jewish groups.
I don't think so. The camps, museums, movies, books all help to educate people and get them to sympathize and empathise. Many people that conduct themselves shamefully are often given sensitivity training or required to attend some sort of program - this is no different.
Does it surprise me that this happened? No. It never does. Things don't change.
-Rudey
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I have to agree with Rudey... afterall I have German relatives too that were "forced" to see concentration camps after the war... the most hardcore one (a member of a Hilter-youth SS Regiment) according to the family literly snapped - emotionally overcome... since that day until his death he volunteered to teach about the Holocaust and aid in hunting down the camp personnel...
I've been there and it is extremely overwhelming... you can't grasp the scope of the atrocity until you see it first hand... I'm sure Prince Harry will come away changed, how much I don't know, but you can't visit the site and walk away the same.