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I knew today's trip was going to be a very thought provoking one, but one I wanted to take. For so many years, I viewed the Holocaust as something very far in the past. It really wasn't real to me until I reread The Hiding Place. My parents introduced my brothers and me to that when we were fairly young, but it wasn't until recently that I truly got the time line. I was born just 20 years after the camps were liberated. Considering that I am a good 20 years older than so many of the summer help at work, [View Full Entry]

bvchef - Brendan Vermillion | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 12th 2009 | 65 Views | [diary=444463]

Guard Tower
Gas Chamber
One side of the camp

Today, Rasta and I woke up around nine, ate breakfast, and took a tram to the bus station. We were a little early for the bus to Auschwitz, so we walked around the mall for a while and got some coffee. I ordered in Polish :) Tomek and Magda met us there and we went to buy our bus tickets.. The bus ride from Krakow to Auschwitz was about an hour and forty minutes. Entrance to the concentration camp was free. You could pay for a tour guide, but I just bought a brochure that had a map and explained each [View Full Entry]

torence777 - Victoria Curtis | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 7th 2009 | 205 Views | [diary=442988]

Auschwitz
Polish Beer!
Tomek (Rasta) Last night in Krakow

Dear Grandpa, I visited Auschwitz and Birkenau, and I learned something about you. Or rather, I learned something about humanity. I learned that men are brave, and it is the brave ones who matter. I learned that men are humane, and it is the humane ones that matter. I learned that good CAN overcome evil, and that it is the good in man that truly matters. I learned that you are the greatest man that ever lived, that you are humane, you are brave, you are a hero. It is you who is the beauty in this world. Sometimes it is [View Full Entry]

CalmingContradiction - Jess | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: September 29th 2009 | 116 Views | [diary=440861]

Birkenau, Poland
Birkenau, Poland
Birkenau, Poland

Two weeks ago, or thereabouts, on a Friday, Joshua and I were enjoying an evening with Don and Deila. At one point, the discussion turned to our planned Auschwitz-Birkenau visit. The four of us engaged in an intellectual dissection of this place, its significance in the annals of history, and its significance to us. Deila asked that upon our visit, or shortly thereafter, that I share my emotional reaction to this rather than my (usual) analytical perspective. So begins the diagnosis of my soul on 09.04.09. The Auschwitz Muzeum at Ocwiecm, Poland is not a museum at all, but a cemetery. [View Full Entry]

Josh and Susanne - Josh and Susanne Cramer | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: September 4th 2009 | 56 Views | [diary=433885]


I took a daytrıp by myself to Auschwıtz as Emıly told me she could not handle goıng. I would say ıt was defınately one of the thıngs I was most ınterested ın doıng ın Europe. Of course there are so many books and movıes wrıtten about the holocaust you could say ´Yeah yeah I know I know´, but actually seeıng ıt ın person was some what lıfe changıng. Seeıng the realıty of ıt all was unreal. I defınitely look at thıs through a dıfferent perspectıve and I am glad I was a [View Full Entry]

feministraveler - emily and tages | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 14th 2009 | 90 Views | [diary=437590]

Auschwitz I
Auschwitz I
Auschwitz I

An early morning departure ensured that we would arrive on time for our tour reservation of Auschwitz Concentration Camp and Birkenau Death Camp in Oswiecim. Our guide, Kasia, provided us with a factual yet passionate tour of a very difficult place. As she related the history and many specifics surrounding the events and circumstances, we were all overwhelmed with the immense evil it represented. In spite of this painful experience, we witnessed butterflies flying freely that helped remind us that this kind of imprisonment and extermination must never happen again. We heard church bell [View Full Entry]

Team2Build - Thrivent Builds Worldwide Team in Poland | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 18th 2009 | 191 Views | [diary=429254]

Arbeit Macht Frei
Sentinel
Execution Wall Memorial

When we left warsaw, Tomek told us that it was better to drive South for a couple hours then go NE to go to Berlin as the roads were much better and no construction. He recommended spending a couple hours in Wroclaw on the way. However, when daddy was driving he realized that it would be less than 30 minutes out of the way to go to Auschwitz and he thought this was better than stopping in a city for a few hours. Daddy tried to explain to me about Auschwitz. He told me about a very bad person named Hitler [View Full Entry]

ThroughMyEyes - Sofia Mona Holzer | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 13th 2009 | 100 Views | [diary=426713]

Auschwitz
Auschwitz
Auschwitz

I was hugged by the Count today. From Sesame Street. You know, "1, 2, ha, ha, ha, 3, 4, ha, ha, ha, ....". Okay, maybe he wasn't REALLY the count, but he was dressed up like him, and saw me taking his photo, so he came over and hugged me. Okay, let me backtrack.... An early start to the day, I was catching an 8am bus across town and was power-walking for about 20 min. in the heat to catch it on time. It was an hour and a half drive to Auschwitz, and of course, I slept. Once we got [View Full Entry]

Sue70 - Sue | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 16th 2009 | 56 Views | [diary=419241]


Definitely one of the most moving visits I have ever done. The first camp Auschwitz I doesn't seem as bad as the Birkenau one. Maybe because of the lack of the barracks and I guess it generally looks like a prison. It mainly consists of numerous buildings in which various prisoners were kept. It was the very first camp, so no specific idea was put forward, other than just locking up people who basically were "dangerous" for the Nazis. The Birkeanu camp however is definitely the worse one, out of the two. There are literally no signs of humanity whatsoever. All [View Full Entry]

Phenomenological Us - JUSTINA & PETER | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: July 6th 2009 | 24 Views | [diary=415891]

Auschwitz
Auschwitz
Auschwitz

Today we were picked up from our lovely little pension in the middle of nowhere (Teplice) and driven off in private mini vans towards Krakow, which would be our new home for the night. The vans were driven by two lovely guys, and our driver was just hilarious. He had a real sense of humour on him. Most of the day was spent driving from the Czech Republic into Poland (although we did cross the border only 1 hour after we left Teplice). However we had a pretty major stop to make on the way. Auschwitz. Now I had been really [View Full Entry]

Chellebelle - Rochelle Ade | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: June 9th 2009 | 74 Views | [diary=406936]

Auschwitz
Barrack building
Barracks


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