From the WSJ: Claudia Rosett viewed The Passion of the Christ in Poland and went to Auschwitz

What I had not anticipated was that “The Passion,” in its frenzy to convey suffering, would inspire an urge not to weep, but chiefly to wince. Whatever faith or beliefs individual moviegoers may bring to the theater, what transpires in the film itself is a Hollywood marathon of dizzyingly bloody close-ups, some in slow motion, some moving along at a music video clip, all set to a hyperventilating score of hypnotic drumbeats and soaring chants.

It was a jarring contrast to a place I had visited earlier that same day–a place of silence. Located about 40 miles west of Krakow, this site is known to the Poles as Oswiecim. To the rest of the world it is better known by its German name: Auschwitz.