Today was the day to visit Auschwitz - one of those days that are not enjoyable, but essential to do when travelling - when we come into contact with the physical reality of an historical event, we can get a glimpse of the human reality - and come out the end of it different people. We have learned about the holocaust at school, through films and movies, but it was always a bit theoretical - over there. Seeing the physical buildings, standing in the gas chamber, seeing the sheer physical size of Birkenau, trying to comprehend the numbers, seeing the two tons of human hair that was to be woven into fabric - and then actually seeing a bolt of fabric--the finished product. Standing on the railway siding that minutes before we had seen in a
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