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For those that said they where interested in hearing about it.
Firstly we learnt the story of Anne Frank and if she hadnt got typhos 6 weeks before liberation she would have survived. She spent a month at auschwitz before being transported to belson.
we also went to westerbork which for me was the saddest. It was a holding camp where people went before going to the concentration camps. They had no idea where they where going they thought they where going to a better life. There was a small crematorium there that had pictures of the people that had died. Husbands, wives and small children
We also saw the small suitcases and people in their sunday best.
We them went to belson which coincidently would have been ann franks 90th birthday. We saw the memorial and where her sistee margo was buried ( althogh their not actually buried there. We then walked down to the monument. The museum was sad seeing all tge skeleto people
We then went to the topography of terror museum.
We went to Gleis 17 which was a platform where thousands where transported to the concentration camps.We then went to wansee to the conference centre where the 'final solution' was written basically where they decided to kill all the jews. That was strange because the building and gardens where besutiful and you couldnt imagine something so horrific took place.
We went out to sachenhausen concentration camp.
We then went to poland and saw the oskar shindler factory. We then went to the old ghetto and saw the ghetto walls.
Then we went to auswhitz and walked down to the memorial and then on to aushwitz birknau where 1 million people died. We qent in to a block that gave you all the information then into the block where all the hair was on show, false limbs and the shoes. I chose not to go into the punishment block but went in the execution court and went in the gas chamber and saw where they where cremated straight after. Now this is the strange thing i was sad but it didnt affect me emotionly i couldnt process it. It was only when i got home it sunk in that 1 million people had been murdered where i had walked walked.
We did other stuff like go to terizan but i rhink thats all for now. |
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Been twice with work, the punishment block I think is 9 and the execution squire next to it is very moving, the small gas chamber was for me the most moving. Like the OP said it hits more when you get home. |
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By *imbo59seMan
over a year ago
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A group of friends and I have been doing one or two "Battlefield" trips a year for the last twenty odd years, all over France and Belgium. Not been to any of the major camps but did go to Natzweiler-Struthof near Strasbourg a few years ago, that was quite a sobering experience. Mainly used for Resistance fighters from the Occupied Territories, but also captured SOE and RAF personnel. Labour/extermination camp.
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It's on my list as places I feel I have to go to. Even if it just make me more angrier about the deniers. A couple of the girls from work went, they certainly came back changed from the experience.
Thanks Op great post  |
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"It's on my list as places I feel I have to go to. Even if it just make me more angrier about the deniers. A couple of the girls from work went, they certainly came back changed from the experience.
Thanks Op great post "
yes i think its changed me |
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"It's on my list as places I feel I have to go to. Even if it just make me more angrier about the deniers. A couple of the girls from work went, they certainly came back changed from the experience.
Thanks Op great post "
i think everyone should go once |
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I read the anne frank book afew years back and it was just real hard hitting... it was only when i visited poland last year and did auschwitz it really puts the books and hers into reality and you feel and see everything... i was taken back. |
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"For those that said they where interested in hearing about it.
Firstly we learnt the story of Anne Frank and if she hadnt got typhos 6 weeks before liberation she would have survived. She spent a month at auschwitz before being transported to belson.
we also went to westerbork which for me was the saddest. It was a holding camp where people went before going to the concentration camps. They had no idea where they where going they thought they where going to a better life. There was a small crematorium there that had pictures of the people that had died. Husbands, wives and small children
We also saw the small suitcases and people in their sunday best.
We them went to belson which coincidently would have been ann franks 90th birthday. We saw the memorial and where her sistee margo was buried ( althogh their not actually buried there. We then walked down to the monument. The museum was sad seeing all tge skeleto people
We then went to the topography of terror museum.
We went to Gleis 17 which was a platform where thousands where transported to the concentration camps.We then went to wansee to the conference centre where the 'final solution' was written basically where they decided to kill all the jews. That was strange because the building and gardens where besutiful and you couldnt imagine something so horrific took place.
We went out to sachenhausen concentration camp.
We then went to poland and saw the oskar shindler factory. We then went to the old ghetto and saw the ghetto walls.
Then we went to auswhitz and walked down to the memorial and then on to aushwitz birknau where 1 million people died. We qent in to a block that gave you all the information then into the block where all the hair was on show, false limbs and the shoes. I chose not to go into the punishment block but went in the execution court and went in the gas chamber and saw where they where cremated straight after. Now this is the strange thing i was sad but it didnt affect me emotionly i couldnt process it. It was only when i got home it sunk in that 1 million people had been murdered where i had walked walked.
We did other stuff like go to terizan but i rhink thats all for now."
I've been waiting for your thread.... 
Did you enjoy the experience? If one can "enjoy" something so shocking? I'm sure you know what I mean.
How did your other half feel? |
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"For those that said they where interested in hearing about it.
Firstly we learnt the story of Anne Frank and if she hadnt got typhos 6 weeks before liberation she would have survived. She spent a month at auschwitz before being transported to belson.
we also went to westerbork which for me was the saddest. It was a holding camp where people went before going to the concentration camps. They had no idea where they where going they thought they where going to a better life. There was a small crematorium there that had pictures of the people that had died. Husbands, wives and small children
We also saw the small suitcases and people in their sunday best.
We them went to belson which coincidently would have been ann franks 90th birthday. We saw the memorial and where her sistee margo was buried ( althogh their not actually buried there. We then walked down to the monument. The museum was sad seeing all tge skeleto people
We then went to the topography of terror museum.
We went to Gleis 17 which was a platform where thousands where transported to the concentration camps.We then went to wansee to the conference centre where the 'final solution' was written basically where they decided to kill all the jews. That was strange because the building and gardens where besutiful and you couldnt imagine something so horrific took place.
We went out to sachenhausen concentration camp.
We then went to poland and saw the oskar shindler factory. We then went to the old ghetto and saw the ghetto walls.
Then we went to auswhitz and walked down to the memorial and then on to aushwitz birknau where 1 million people died. We qent in to a block that gave you all the information then into the block where all the hair was on show, false limbs and the shoes. I chose not to go into the punishment block but went in the execution court and went in the gas chamber and saw where they where cremated straight after. Now this is the strange thing i was sad but it didnt affect me emotionly i couldnt process it. It was only when i got home it sunk in that 1 million people had been murdered where i had walked walked.
We did other stuff like go to terizan but i rhink thats all for now.
I've been waiting for your thread....
Did you enjoy the experience? If one can "enjoy" something so shocking? I'm sure you know what I mean.
How did your other half feel?"
yes we both " enjoyed" it. He already knew most things but it was good for him to go places he had read about. I found it really educational and my head is still swirling with it |
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"For those that said they where interested in hearing about it.
Firstly we learnt the story of Anne Frank and if she hadnt got typhos 6 weeks before liberation she would have survived. She spent a month at auschwitz before being transported to belson.
we also went to westerbork which for me was the saddest. It was a holding camp where people went before going to the concentration camps. They had no idea where they where going they thought they where going to a better life. There was a small crematorium there that had pictures of the people that had died. Husbands, wives and small children
We also saw the small suitcases and people in their sunday best.
We them went to belson which coincidently would have been ann franks 90th birthday. We saw the memorial and where her sistee margo was buried ( althogh their not actually buried there. We then walked down to the monument. The museum was sad seeing all tge skeleto people
We then went to the topography of terror museum.
We went to Gleis 17 which was a platform where thousands where transported to the concentration camps.We then went to wansee to the conference centre where the 'final solution' was written basically where they decided to kill all the jews. That was strange because the building and gardens where besutiful and you couldnt imagine something so horrific took place.
We went out to sachenhausen concentration camp.
We then went to poland and saw the oskar shindler factory. We then went to the old ghetto and saw the ghetto walls.
Then we went to auswhitz and walked down to the memorial and then on to aushwitz birknau where 1 million people died. We qent in to a block that gave you all the information then into the block where all the hair was on show, false limbs and the shoes. I chose not to go into the punishment block but went in the execution court and went in the gas chamber and saw where they where cremated straight after. Now this is the strange thing i was sad but it didnt affect me emotionly i couldnt process it. It was only when i got home it sunk in that 1 million people had been murdered where i had walked walked.
We did other stuff like go to terizan but i rhink thats all for now.
I've been waiting for your thread....
Did you enjoy the experience? If one can "enjoy" something so shocking? I'm sure you know what I mean.
How did your other half feel?yes we both " enjoyed" it. He already knew most things but it was good for him to go places he had read about. I found it really educational and my head is still swirling with it"
A friend of mines just come back.
He said it's the most horrifying and moving thing he's ever experienced. |
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"@ _tingly byron
Was he glad he went"
My friend?
Yes he was. He said it's breathtaking, overwhelming.
The scale of it. The time and effort that went into building the death camps, not one, many of them, the extermination of millions, all of which seemingly going in noticed....
For him, that was the most shocking. To spend a lot of time building a death camp before you even start killing people, how does no-one notice? |
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"@ _tingly byron
Was he glad he went
My friend?
Yes he was. He said it's breathtaking, overwhelming.
The scale of it. The time and effort that went into building the death camps, not one, many of them, the extermination of millions, all of which seemingly going in noticed....
For him, that was the most shocking. To spend a lot of time building a death camp before you even start killing people, how does no-one notice? "
yes thats why it took me until i got home to process it all |
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"The Wannsee Conference house is stunning isn't it?
The dichotomy of its beauty jars with what was signed off in that drawing room
It gave me the creeps "
yes its really weird cause it is so beautiful you wouldnt believe what had gone on there |
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The British the Soviet Union and the US new about the extermination of the Jews as early as 1942, yes the same year as the famous meeting by the top Nazis that decided the fate of millions.
The reasons why they did nothing gets political, it's best to read it yourselves. Although they did announce it publicly but nobody believed it. |
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By *stellaWoman
over a year ago
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Gosh it sounds incomprehensible, I’m not sure I could process it mentally being there any more than I can reading about the topic; but the poignancy and almost honouring by visiting must be very powerful and leave a mark.
Thank you so much for sharing.  |
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"Gosh it sounds incomprehensible, I’m not sure I could process it mentally being there any more than I can reading about the topic; but the poignancy and almost honouring by visiting must be very powerful and leave a mark.
Thank you so much for sharing. "
thanks _stella i do think its changed me |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I worked on a kibbutz in the 80s and was alongside camp survivors , visited the holocaust museum as well . Future generations need to learn things like this lest it’s repeated |
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