Holocaust Museum Bans Pokémon Go

The Holocaust Museum wants no part of the new Pokémon GO craze. The Washington, D.C., museum is barring users from catching the augmented-reality creatures in their solemn halls. “Playing the game is not appropriate in the museum, which is a memorial to the victims of Nazism,” the museum’s communications director said. “We are trying to find out if we can get the museum excluded from the game.” One user noticed that a Pokémon that emits poisonous gas is stationed in front of an auditorium in the museum where attendees learn about the gas chambers many Jews were placed in.