Holocaust Musem asks visitors to cool it with the Pokemon Go - CNET

The Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. is a deeply affecting memorial to the victims of Nazism during World War II, and home to a number of historical exhibits from the period. This week, however, it also became the home to a trio of "Pokestops," where players of the immensely popular augmented reality game Pokemon Go can collect items and power-ups.

Now, after the resulting flood of gamers, the museum is putting its foot down, and asking visitors to refrain from using its halls to hunt Pokemon. They also cited conces about the appearance of one particular Pokemon named Koffing, which attacks using poison gas. A now-deleted image circulating online shows Koffing appearing outside an auditorium featuring testimonials from Jewish survivors of gas chambers used in the Holocaust.

Museum officials say that they're trying to get the museum excluded from the game altogether -- which, fortunately, should be possible. There's no word from the creators of Pokemon Go on removing the Holocaust Museum from the game yet, but here's hoping it happens soon.