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Europe » Poland » Silesia » Czestochowa September 16th 2018

Częstochowa (pronounced Chen-ste-koh-va) is the location of the Jasna Góra monastery that houses the Black Madonna icon. The image of the Black Madonna (Czarna Madonna) or Our Lady of Częstochowa is an icon of Mary. Our Lady of Częstochowa is the Patron Saint of Poland and the monastery is a major pilgrimage site. Our motorcoach arrive at Częstochowa at Noon after a drive from Warsaw. There is a large parking lot here, attesting to the fact that visitors arrive predominantly by car and bus. Our coach parked in the spacious coach lot. One had to remember the zone number. After walking to the monastery, we entered by the John Paul II Gate. There were a lot of visitors and Jasna Góra has arranged it so that traffic moves relatively ... read more
Gate of John Paul II
Gate of John Paul II
Chapel of Our Lady of Częstochowa

Europe » Poland » Silesia » Katowice July 22nd 2018

Bonjour à tous, Une journée que je n’avais pas mise à mon programme. Je démarre assez tôt ce matin, 8 heure, j’avais vu sur les guides que les heures de pointes des visites étaient à partir de 9h30. Le gps me donne 45 minutes de route. Tout ça est parfait. Mieux encore pas d’autoroutes en travaux. 10 km avant Oswiecim (Auschwitz) sur le bord de la route un immense panneau, me confirme que je suis dans la bonne direction. Par contre après plus aucunes informations. Je ne m’étais pas cassé la tête pour savoir où était exactement le site. Je m’attendais à trouver un fléchage, presque hors du commun. Ou je suis plus bête que la moyenne, mais j’ai bien tourné entre 20 et 30 minutes autour de la ville avant de tomber dessus presque par ... read more
L’entrée d’Auschwitz
Auschwitz
Birkenau

Europe » Poland » Silesia May 7th 2018

AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU Today we left early (7:30am) with Barbara and Michael to go to Auschwitz which is 40 miles outside of Cracow. It is a two lane road and traffic coming into Cracow was heavy. The countryside that we drove through was beautiful. Lots of lilacs blooming. The Polish name for Auschwitz is Oswiecim, the Germans renamed the area Auschwitz. There were three Auschwitz camps. The first , Auschwitz I, was opened in June of 1940 when the first Polish political prisoners arrived. Auschwitz II (Birkenau) 3 Km away was started in 1941. There was only one gas camber at Auschwitz I and two ovens. The Nazis started rounding up all the Jews in Europe. It became impossible for Auschwitz I to handle all of them. They put two gas chambers in Birkenau and more efficient ovens ... read more
ENTRANCE GATE INTO AUSCHWITZ I
CHILDRENS CLOTHES ON DISPLAY FROM PRISONERS
MORE CHILDREN'S CLOTHES AND SHOES

Europe » Poland » Silesia » Katowice May 21st 2017

Comme nous n'avons que peu de route à faire aujourd'hui, à peu près 131 km, je prendrai quelques photos en chemin et lors d'un petit arrêt où les clochers vus de loin sur la route ont attiré notre attention. La boutique photographiée vous montre que tout n'est pas encore très moderne ici... ce genre de boutique se voit partout... Par contre, Auchan, Intermarché et évidemment Carrefour se trouvent dans les zones entourant les villes. Nous ne sommes pas encore entrés dans un Auchan, les deux autres oui mais nous ne nous promettons pas d'y retourner... Intermarché vraiment pas propre du tout... Carrefour n'a pas du bon pain... et finalement la visite d'un petit super-marché du pays, représenté par une petite coccinelle et qui s'appelle Biedronka, propre, assez bien achalandé mais ressemblant un peu a Aldi. Hier ... read more
Vive la Pologne !
Eglise St Stanislas de Skarbimiez
Eglise St Stanislas de Skarbimiez

Europe » Poland » Silesia » Katowice July 7th 2016

I will write about our first 2 days in Poland at another time but I want to share about today because today we were in Sosnowiec. It is a city I've heard about many times over the years. My father's family moved here in 1935 and the other day we were on the street where they lived, but today we were at the spot where their lives changed forever. On August 12th 1943, the Germans rounded up all the Jews of Sosnowiec in a large fenced in sports field. I didn't hear many stories of the Holocaust from my father but what happened that day and the next few days is one I know well. And we were at the sports platz this morning. We participated in a ceremony at the monument commemorating the 26000 Jews ... read more
At the end of the ceremony
Srodula memorial

Europe » Poland » Silesia » Katowice June 30th 2016

Where to start?? Maybe with how this trip came about and where we're going.... Today at 3:00 pm, we leave on a trip back in time to be in the places where my father and his family lived, and for many of them, died. Most of the next 11 days will be spent with a planned tour organized by the "Zaglembie World Organization. Zaglembie is the term used for the area of Poland that included the towns of Bedzin, Sosnowiec, Zawiercie, Dabrowa Gornicza, Wolbrum, Czeladz, and the region towns) The visit is a getting together of all generations of Zaglembie survivors who live in Israel and those who live abroad. We shall be 3 full days in Zaglembie, the birth place of our ancestors. Our group will be a special International Delegation to commemorate the very ... read more

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Photos of Czantoria, Rownica and Karolowy Dwor ...... read more
Karolowy Dwór
Czantoria, Ustron
Karolowy Dwór, Wisła




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