An embarrassing incident occurred some 10 days ago during a High School trip to the Majdanek extermination camp mausoleum (Mountain of Ashes) in Poland. The mountain contains the ashes of tens of thousands of Jews who were exterminated in the camp during the Holocaust. Ynet has learned that as the group stood near the mountain receiving a briefing on the death camp and its horrors, one of the students walked into the site and treaded on the ashes in spite of the fact that to do so is clearly prohibited.
The guides and members of the educational team that were on site grabbed him and removed him from the site. The group's leaders then held an initial inquiry into the incident and made the severity of the incident clear to the entire group. Moreover, the event was immediately reported to the Education Ministry who demanded comprehensive clarification of the incident.
