Story highlights Rep. Clay Higgins is a Republican lawmaker from Louisiana

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Washington (CNN) A Republican lawmaker has apologized and taken down an online video after officials at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in Poland denounced the video because it was filmed inside the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland.

Louisiana's Rep. Clay Higgins, who serves on the House homeland security committee, faced criticism after recording a video published online in a former gas chamber.

In a response to his video, the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial's official account tweeted, "Everyone has the right to personal reflections. However, inside a former gas chamber, there should be mournful silence. It's not a stage."

Everyone has the right to personal reflections. However, inside a former gas chamber, there should be mournful silence. It's not a stage. https://t.co/AN5aA1bYEU — Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) July 4, 2017

The account then followed up with a photo from the concentration camp that asks visitors to "maintain silence" to "respect the memory" of those who died.

This is what all visitors see at the entrance to the building where first homicidal gas chambers of Auschwitz was created by the SS. pic.twitter.com/6Mm5gTkfSl — Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) July 4, 2017

Higgin's office released a statement on behalf of the lawmaker later Wednesday, where he apologized for making it.

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