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Poland & China 2017
- Booked: Around the World in 16 Days
- Review: Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge Toronto (International)
- Review: Brussels Airlines Business Class Toronto to Brussels
- Review: The Loft by Brussels Airlines
- Review: Hotel Bristol Warsaw
- Review: Apartament na Mariensztacie
- Warsaw Highlights
- Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Review: LOT Polish Airlines Business Lounge Warsaw
- Review: Swiss Senator Lounge Zurich
- Review: Swiss Business Class Zurich to Hong Kong
- Review: JW Marriott Hong Kong
- The Peak & Victoria Harbour
- Mutianyu Great Wall
- Jade Buddha Palace, Anshan
- Review: Shenzhen Airlines Business Class Shenyang to Taipei
- Review: The Infinity Lounge by EVA Air
- Review: EVA Air 777 Business Class Taipei to Toronto
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Thank you for this.
I visited both camps in June 2017.
This puts my experience into words which I have struggled to say. A month later, I am still emotionally drained and indeed, changed from my experience.
Sadly, I ended up with a double tour group which I found particularly challenging. I heard a woman no more than 30 years old behind me saying "oh, it’s sad"…. maybe this is just me but I actually wanted to shake her and scream at her that "this is not sad" "this is horrific! It’s madness and horrendous!" with a few expletives to show my complete horror at what I was witnessing.
I went to Poland specifically to see the camps, to see the faces of the murdered and to recognise as many as possible as human beings. I saw Orthodox Jews entering the camp on their visit to pay their respects with dignity and humility which was palbable. I also saw the German under 21’s football team brought in with a police escort to Birkenau to pay their respects.
Whilst I have nothing against the young German Team and I know that they visited Auschwitz 1 first – I would have found their visit more palateable had they stayed more than 15 minutes to lay their generic ‘tributes’ for their photo opportunity.
I cannot imagine the horrors that went on here during those years, to see in pictures, to see in documentaries and to read in books is one thing, to visit is another – you can feel the fear, despair and disbelief, but to actually have lived through those days, those who were actually allowed to live through them , we cannot possibly conceive.
Jane, thanks so much for sharing your thoughts.
I have to say that it’s hard to recall the exact feelings that I experienced during my visit. What I do recall is just feeling empty inside for a large portion of the tour, almost as though I was hearing our tour guide’s words but not fully comprehending them. Like you said, we can’t possibly conceive of the horrors that were experienced there.
I would recommend everyone to visit Auschwitz, but of course for very different reasons than I would ordinarily recommend something to someone. It’s definitely a difficult trip, but I think everyone takes away something from it, even if it can be futile to try to put that into words.