Arnold Schwarzenegger caused controversy on Wednesday [September 28] after leaving a famous quote from The Terminator movie in the Auschwitz guestbook on a visit to the concentration camp.
The 75-year-old actor toured the Second World War site with the Auschwitz Jewish Foundation - who recently awarded him with their inaugural Award for Fighting Hatred.
Hollywood legend Arnie vowed to help the organisation earlier this month in a bid to 'terminate hate'.
He said: "I am witness to the ruins of a country broken by the Nazis.
"I saw first-hand how this hatred spun out of control and I share these painful memories with the world in the hopes of preventing future tragedies and educating soldiers about personal responsibility.
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Tomasz Wiktor/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)"I stand with the Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation and their mission of education to ensure NEVER AGAIN."
On leaving the Polish camp the former Governor of California signed the guestbook - with the site's museum later sharing his inscription on it's official Twitter account.
Arnie simply wrote 'I'll be back', referring to a line first made famous in 1984 in the first film of The Terminator franchise.
Users on the social media platform appeared to be taken aback, however, believing the star should have been more sensitive with his choice of words.
One commented: "I'm glad he visited and wrote in the book but I had to think twice about the message. I'm sure he meant it in the nicest possible way and having been there I know its hard to find the right words but I'm not sure these were the best."
Another replied: "Not sure the tone of that was entirely suitable."
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Tomasz Wiktor/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)A third added: "Not sure quoting a genocidal robot is appropriate in the circumstances."
And a fourth wrote: "If my father was a Nazi I’d have written something more poignant, just saying."
The museum later stepped in to defend Arnie though in a bid to clarify the meaning behind his comment.
"This visit was planned to be relatively short," it read. "The inscription was meant to be a promise to return for another and more in depth visit."
Mirror Online has invited Arnold Schwarzenegger to comment.
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