I learnt a lot that I didn't know, I saw things that can't be described and I had a lot to think about on the ride and flight back.
The town Oświęcim in Poland, about 50km from Krakow, is known all over the world. Mostly by the name given to it by the Germans during the second world war: Auschwitz.
I'm not going to comment a lot, as most of the pictures speak for themselves.
I just want to say that it was much bigger than I expected.
Hearing that between 1.1 and 1.5 million people were killed is just a "big number".
Seeing the large camps, the cramped spaced shared by the prisoners, the rooms filled with hair and shoes of victims make a lasting impression.
Unfortunately, photo's aren't allowed inside most buildings, but it won't be the same anyway.
The past can't be changed, but it can help us shape the future. By remembering what was done wrong, we can keep from going down that same path again.
Does those buildings have a weird smell in them? I imagine that it smells quite weird....
ReplyDeleteThey all had a very old, dusty and slightly suffocating smell to me.
ReplyDeleteBut it might have just been psychological. In some of the rooms I really felt almost claustrophobic and I can't imagine what it must have felt like being locked in there with hundreds+ of others.
Words and pictures can't describe it.