BERLIN: German social media was abuzz with the augmented reality game Pokemon Go on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila), as the country became the first in Europe where fans could download the global sensation.

But its arrival also quickly came under fire, including from the Auschwitz museum in Poland, which asked the game’s makers to block players at the former Nazi death camp out of respect for the dead.

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