Auschwitz-Birkenau should be converted into an anti-fascist themed amusement park

Have you ever been to the Auschwitz-Birkenau open-air museum in Poland? [1] If so, you will no doubt have had a look around the accommodation blocks, pottered about in the gas chambers for a while and then you probably had your photo taken under the iconic "Arbeit Macht Frei" gates, but after that the only thing left for you to do would have been to visit the Permanent Exhibition. This is how the Auschwitz promotional material describes this particular attraction: "The exhibition opened in 1955 remains one of the main elements in visits to the site, along with areas featuring original or partly reconstructed objects. Aside from documentary photographs, photocopies of documents, models, and sculptures, it also used historical exhibits including prisoner garments, bunks and other furnishings from prisoner rooms, and items seized from Jewish deportees." Doesn't sound like much fun, does it? And it isn't, I promise you – but then it's not intended to be - the exhibition represents a solemn reminder to future generations of what can happen if people allow their nationalist sentiments and prejudices against ethnic minorities to be exploited by extreme right-wing politicians like the Nazis. Of course, it is especially important for children and young adults to learn the lessons of history but learning should be fun and, with the best will in the world, no young person is going to get excited by a load of black and white photographs and some dusty old exhibits. That's why the torment, misery and death that the prisoners of Auschwitz suffered at the hands of their Nazi captors should be brought to the attention of visitors (or "guests" as they will be known) by means of anti-fascist themed amusements such as: Goebbels' Ghost Train Himmler's Helter Skelter Kaltenbrunner's Carousel Goering's Gas Chamber of Horrors War Crimes Waltzer Anti-Fascist Ferris Wheel Aryan Racing Cars Waffen-SS Water-SSplash Reichsfï¿½hrer's Rollercoaster Hitler's House of Fun Each of these attractions would include depictions of the terrible crimes against humanity committed by the Nazis and there would be multi-lingual hosts on hand to answer any questions about the Holocaust that the guests might have. Of course, all this activity will make the guests hungry, which is why the gas chambers will be converted into a pizza restaurant and the crematory ovens fired up once again and used to bake the pizzas in. Here's what the menu could look like: PIZZAS Nazi Neapolitan Genocide Genoa Fascist Fiorentina Death March Margherita Storm Trooper Supreme Holocaust Hawaiian Persecuted Pepperoni Goose-Stepping Sloppy Giuseppe DRINKS Selection of Waffen-SS SSodas Selection of Deutschland ï¿½ber Ales (including Birkenau-Brau and Konzentrations Lager) Freshly-squeezed orange Jews (not made from concentration campers) Of course, Hitler and his evil henchmen would be absolutely outraged by this mockery of their names and what they called "die Endlï¿½sung" - their ‘final solution' to the ‘Jewish problem', and for this reason and for the educational benefits that it would provide young people, I affirm that Auschwitz-Birkenau should be converted into an anti-fascist themed amusement park. Thank you. [1] http://en.auschwitz.org.pl...