Harleyman Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 My wife and self visited the Holocaust museum during a trip to Washington DC. A very sobering experience to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kandg Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 I have taken students several times and nothing prepares you for it. Each time something new has been discovered or the guide tells you something new. There are two sites, the first site is the purpose built barracks which were initially used. Here there's the famous gate and gas chambers. The other site has the railway track and the destroyed chambers. Everybody has to be taken by a guide and its easy to book these in Kraków. It's about an hours drive from the city. The guides are rigourously assessed for their knowledge, I believe they are inspected/ observed every year. They really know their stuff. Sometimes there are guest guides who were survivors but this is increasingly rare. Each time we have been it has snowed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Watching some of the survivors telling their stories on the news, the other night, was heartbreaking amd harrowing. Its sad that due to natural aging etc, there are so few remaining people to remember the acts of these atrocities, against jews, against the mentally and physically disabled, against the dissenters and the communists, the slavic people, the gypsy, and even Jehovah'ss Witnesses. I worry that we later generstions, and our grandchildren onwards will be too far removed from these atrocities to fully comprehend the sheer horror that was the nazis' "Final Solution". All in all, estimates calculate that the were 11 million people killed in these camps, 6 million jews, and a further 5 million dissenters, the communists, the disabled, slav, gypsy, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
souShofsheff Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Watching some of the survivors telling their stories on the news, the other night, was heartbreaking amd harrowing. Its sad that due to natural aging etc, there are so few remaining people to remember the acts of these atrocities, against jews, against the mentally and physically disabled, against the dissenters and the communists, the slavic people, the gypsy, and even Jehovah'ss Witnesses. I worry that we later generstions, and our grandchildren onwards will be too far removed from these atrocities to fully comprehend the sheer horror that was the nazis' "Final Solution". All in all, estimates calculate that the were 11 million people killed in these camps, 6 million jews, and a further 5 million dissenters, the communists, the disabled, slav, gypsy, etc. We have very recently seen similar atrocities..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 I went interailing in Europe in 1989 and whilst staying in Munich we got the local train out to Dachau. Very moving and harrowing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagel Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 I'd advise not going to any of the old concentration camp sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apelike Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Has anyone on the forum ever visited auschwitcz concentration camp Been watching on TV over the last few days , I know it's a place where people Don't like to talk about but I am thinking of going over to see for myself, Just feel I have to go Why visit the past? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinz Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 I'd advise not going to any of the old concentration camp sites. Why? Why visit the past? Why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 I'd advise not going to any of the old concentration camp sites. Why not?..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 I know it's not on the same level but has anyone ever been here? http://www.nationalholocaustcentre.net/ It's not far from Sheffield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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