TONE DEAF
Arnold Schwarzenegger divides opinion after leaving Terminator quote in Auschwitz guest book on visit to death camp
ARNOLD Schwarzenegger has divided opinion after leaving a Terminator quote in an Auschwitz guest book while visiting the concentration camp.
The Hollywood legend toured the camp with the Auschwitz Jewish Centre Foundation after being recognised for his efforts to counter racism and anti-Semitism.
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The 75-year-old vowed to help the anti-racism organisation to "terminate hate".
He said: "I am witness to the ruins of a country broken by the Nazis.
"I saw firsthand how this hatred spun out of control and I share these painful memories with the world in the hopes of preventing future tragedies and educating soldiers about personal responsibility.
"I stand with the Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation and their mission of education to ensure NEVER AGAIN."
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Schwarzenegger ended his tour by signing "I'll be back" into the guest book and the museum's official Twitter account shared an image of it online.
Arnie's message quickly divided opinions.
"I’m glad he visited and wrote in the book but I had to think twice about the message," one user wrote.
"I’m sure he meant it in the nicest possible way and having been there I know its hard to find the right words but I’m not sure these were the best," added another.
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"Not sure the tone of that was entirely suitable," write a third while a fourth said it was "tacky" and "flippant".
The Auschwitz museum stepped in to defend Schwarzenegger and tried to clarify his comment.
"This visit was planned to be relatively short. The inscription was meant to be a promise to return for another and more in-depth visit," they wrote.
It comes after an ex-world champion boxer sparked a huge backlash after he posted a beaming selfie with his girlfriend while visiting Auschwitz.
Former British IBF champ Jamie McDonnell, 35, was slammed for taking the pictures with his girlfriend on a “lovely trip” to the Memorial, which preserves the site of the former concentration and extermination camp.
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The now deleted pictures show him grinning at the camera while visiting the Memorial, which preserves the site of the former concentration and extermination camp, where 1.1 million people were murdered.
His “tone deaf” post sparked a huge outcry from members of the public, with one asking him if he knew it was a “concentration camp and not Disneyland.”
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