Grocery Store Opening
Tracks Like Auschwitz
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Egg prices are the least of the problems at this new grocery store … which has some shoppers harkening back to the infamous Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz.
The Jumbo Gerrit Roeke opened this week in Elburg, Netherlands with a very distinct exterior design — railroad tracks that lead up to its front doors. The grocery store was built on the grounds of an old train station, and during a 7-month renovation, designers decided to keep a few feet of tracks in the parking lot.
Clearly, the design team did not have 1940s Poland, or Hitler, on the brain … but they do now!
As soon as it opened, images of the store started going viral, because the undefeated Internet immediately spotted similarities to well-known photos of the railroad tracks leading up to the Auschwitz gates and watch tower.
To be fair, the interior of Jumbo Gerrit Roeke looks like any other grocery store — and shoppers attending the grand opening didn’t appear to be freaked out.
But, once you’ve seen it … man, it’s hard to unsee.