Monument Plaque at Birkenau

This plaque was one of many surrounding a monument at Birkenau that depicts the suffering of the prisoners. There is a plaque in the language of every victim. There were a few British soldiers murdered here also.

Who knows Polish - we don't! Uh-oh!

August 12th 2007
Yes, we had that conversation upon boarding the train to Warsaw from Berlin. "Do you know any Polish words?", "No, do you?", "No. Oh well our handy and well used (not) Lonely Planet Phrase Book will have some tips for us." Ummmmm, no again. Doesn't even include Polish. "Okay, but everywhere else people have spoken English so we should have a problem right?", "Yeah, we'll be fine. Let's play cards ... read more

Europe » Poland » Lesser Poland » Kraków

Poland is an ancient nation that was conceived near the middle of the 10th century. Its golden age occurred in the 16th century. During the following century, the strengthening of the gentry and internal disorders weakened the nation. In a series of ... ... read more

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