The Auschwitz Museum responded to claims by the IDF's "Witnesses in Uniform" delegation, whose members were detained at the entrance to the Birkenau camp in Poland and asked to remove Israeli flags they carried during a memorial march. The museum stated that it was a "ceremony not coordinated in advance," and that entering with flags violates the site's regulations. The museum further claimed that the organizers submitted a request for a ceremony at the monument only - but did not update in advance about a military procession with flags in the former camp area.