I had pondered long and hard wether or not to include a visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau on this trip.
I mean to visit a place, the site of one of the biggest atrocities in European history where over a million people were imprisoned and murdered didn't seem to me to be normal for any holiday.
Anyhow, today we took a guided tour of Auschwitz and Auschwitz II Birkenau.
So the normal list of adjectives used to describe somewhere you have visited on holiday are certainly not appropriate. Today we both felt that there was a haunting atmosphere and standing in the bleak surroundings, the reality of what happened hit home in a way that no history book, film or TV documentary ever has.
Walking the path that over a million poor souls had walked, we both agreed, is one of the most moving and emotional experiences.
Anyhow, today we took a guided tour of Auschwitz and Auschwitz II Birkenau.
So the normal list of adjectives used to describe somewhere you have visited on holiday are certainly not appropriate. Today we both felt that there was a haunting atmosphere and standing in the bleak surroundings, the reality of what happened hit home in a way that no history book, film or TV documentary ever has.
Walking the path that over a million poor souls had walked, we both agreed, is one of the most moving and emotional experiences.
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