Woman Behind ‘Auschwitz Selfie’ Defends Her Actions
July 28, 2014An Alabama teen has defended her actions this week, according to the Huffington Post, after she posted a “selfie” in the Auschwitz death camp.
Eighteen year-old Breanna Mitchell posted the photo over a month ago, but it went viral weeks later.
Mitchell insists that the photo is not an anti-Semitic statement, but merely a tribute to her father, whom was supposed to have made the trip with her but died shortly before her senior year in high school.
The photo has nonetheless sparked a formidable backlash.
“There were death threats. Somebody told me he would come over and poison me,” Mitchell told AL.com.
“[…] People have just taken it so far,” she said. “They have photobombed my picture with the World Trade Center. I don’t understand why.”
Mitchell remains unfazed by the backlash, however; if anything, she seems to have reveled in the media attention the move brought her.
In a tweet posted July 20, she posted an article on the controversy, with the phrase, “I’m famous, y’all.”
“Honestly, I don’t think I would do anything differently, because I didn’t mean any harm,” she said in a recent interview. “And, like, I told everybody my story behind it, so that’s the only reason I don’t regret taking it.”
Earlier this year, a German teacher was arrested for stealing relics from the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum, including items belonging to several victims of Nazi genocide.
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