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June 17th 2007
Published: June 17th 2007
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Our day started off with a city tour of Krakow. We went first to Kazimierz, the Jewish Quarter (and also the location where some scenes of 'Schindler's List' were filmed). There is a memorial in the center of the street commemorating the lives of the 65,000 Jews from Krakow who lost their lives during the Holocaust. To my surprise, there are currently only 150 registered Jews still living in the ... Read Full Entry



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Jennifer Cole
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When I was 8 years old, I went to summer camp for the first time. Whereas other kids were getting homesick as soon as they got there, I instead got sick the day I had to go home again. The travel bug caught me early and has lingered ever since. I LOVE to see new places, experience new cultures, eat new food... life is so short and there are so many places to see! I hope that this blog will be filled with many adventures to come. Next stop... France, Belgium, and the Netherlands!... full info
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Auschwitz II - Birkenau
Looking out at Birkenau from the railroad tracks... the barracks seen in the distance were used to house the thousands of slave-workers at the camp. Many of these buildings were either destroyed during the October 7, 1944 revolt or burned by the SS. They have since been rebuilt, using wood from the original buildings.
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Auschwitz II - Birkenau
These bunk beds held four people to one bunk...
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Auschwitz II - Birkenau
Prisoners were only allowed to use the latrines twice a day, once in the morning and once at night. Toilets were simply holes in a concrete structure, lined up one next to the other. Prisoners were responsible for cleaning the latrines once they were full.



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