As many readers already know, Pokemon GO is a game that requires players to be on the move, searching for challenges and loot, with the main goal of the game having users catch as many Pokemon as possible and train them to become stronger.
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However other cultural and heritage sites have also said patrons playing Pokémon Go would not be welcome.
New York Magazine is also reporting that pokemon can be caught at Auschwitz, the concentration camp in Poland where approximately 1.1 million people were killed during the Holocaust.
A woman points her smart phone at the Brandenburg Gate as she plays the Pokemon Go mobile game in Berlin on July 13, 2016.
Images circulating online in recent days showed the game’s cartoon monsters at several locations inside the Washington, DC, museum, prompting administrators to seek to have the memorial removed from the mobile game, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. “We are trying to find out if we can get the museum excluded from the game”.
The BBC reports that officials for both the US Holocaust Memorial Museum and Arlington National Cemetery are taking steps to discourage people from playing within the walls of either establishment, with the former labelling such a move as “extremely inappropriate”.
Hollinger told the paper the museum is generally open to new technology, and encourages visitors to share their experiences of visiting the exhibits on social media.
Niantic has run into trouble with Holocaust memorial sites before.
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“You hear the word “Auschwitz” next to the word “game” it’s a problem”, said Rabbi Abraham Cooper. Yeah, this one was probably a bad joke, but that doesn’t mean that the museum isn’t concerned with Pokemon Go players infiltrating the museum. Various historic locations in Washington are warning players not to play the augmented reality game if they decide to visit.
