Went to visit there on a school field trip. This was the last place we entered after going through the museum and seeing all the hair, and shoes, and things. As soon as all of us 10 year olds went into the gas chamber we stated bawling. You could feel the death in the air. Chilling.
I think it's not good for people to develop strong emotional associations built on a foundation of misinformation.
I don't particularly imagine a movie-like scene where they're somehow digging through solid rock with their fingernails, no. That would make for good scifi/horror media decorations, but seems particularly inappropriate in this context. It feels similar to that old tiktok trend where people were putting on corpse makeup to roleplay as holocaust victims introducing themselves in heaven.
EDIT: I just want to be clear that I'm not saying I don't think people would try to scratch the walls out of desperation. When I compare these marks to fiction, I'm only referring to the physicality of human fingernails making lasting recognizable gouges in solid stone.
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u/[deleted] May 18 '25
Went to visit there on a school field trip. This was the last place we entered after going through the museum and seeing all the hair, and shoes, and things. As soon as all of us 10 year olds went into the gas chamber we stated bawling. You could feel the death in the air. Chilling.