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Posted by Amanda Kendle Jul 14, 2006 |
I've made mention before in this blog of the darker side of travel - when your sightseeing day is more insightful and thought-provoking than fun. The most depressing day I've ever spent on the road was in southern Poland at the concentration camps in Auschwitz and Birkenau.
After too often hearing phrases like "the Polish concentration camp", the Polish government petitioned the United Nations to change the offical name of the camps - World Heritage listed sites - to more accurately reflect its Nazi past. This week, it was agreed that the official name will become "the Former Nazi German Concentration Camp of Auschwitz".
Personally, I'm worried that this name'll be too much of a mouthful for anyone to consistently use it, though the idea behind it is sound. It just goes to show that tourist attractions might bring in the people, but you can't always be proud of them.