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Oswiecim Slideshow
Oswiecim
Travel Blogs from Oswiecim, Poland
Auschwitz
Today we went to Auschwitz, joining a tour with SeeKrakow. Some people will tell you that you can get there on your own, but I have to say for this one, having the tour organized was well worth it and fairly inexpensive actually. The train station ...
Auschwitz I
We were up early, showered and ready for breakfast. The hotel provide a buffet style breakfast which we took full advantage of, and I mean full. :) Then we walked around a little in Krakow before our pick up time. ...
Auschwitz II - Birkenau
We left Auschwitz I and made out way to Auschwitz II - Birkenau. Birkenau is different to Auschwitz I, mainly because of it's sheer size. Birkenau is incredibly vast and ominous. Again, coming through ...
Sadness and Tragedy
Today, Chris and I had very overwhelming day. We decided to visit Auschwitz-Berkenau; the site one of humanity's most unspeakably horrifying tragedies and arguably one of the most moving sights in Europe. We visited Auschwitz 1 that houses ...
Auschwitz and Birkenau
The tours at Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps were 3 ˝ hours long and we were able to begin one straight after we arrived. It was really a life changing experience and I am still coming to grips with everything that we saw. Our tour guide was ...
Extermination
... Wandered through the camp and enjoyed (if that is the right word) the excellent exhibition on the German-Soviet invasion of Poland. After a little further walking we headed to the Pizza parlour nearby (watching two groups of car park attendants vie ...
A Difficult Day
About 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of Kraków is the Polish city of Oświęcim. During World War II the Germans declared the entire area a military zone and built several concentration camps here. Auschwitz I was the first and it was ...
Infamous History
... for WWII history and have gained a new appreciation for that era and those who lived through it. Knowing that I would be in Poland, ground zero for the greatest atrocities of the war it, the Auschwitz/Birkenau concentration camps were at the top of my ...
Leireilya
Sadepaivalle oli hyva keksia jotain piristavaa tekemista, joten paatin lahtea pikku retkelle pieneen kaupunkiin nimeltaan Oswiecim. Saksalainen nimi Auschwitz saattaa olla joillekin hieman tutumpi. Jos joku joskus jostain syysta on taalla pain maailmaa ja ...
Auschwitz and Birkenau
A long and draining day at Auschwitz and Birkenau Concentration Camps. There's not much to say really. It was sad and important and something I'm glad we did. What I found strange about the whole experience was how many people were posing for photos ...
In all seriousness
... . I will have a tendancy to undermine my own capabilities. Let's take the Polish language for example. During my trip in Poland, I automatically thought that my language skills were non existant. I am some what of a perfectionist so unless its 100%, its ...
Auschwitz and Birkenau Concentration Camps
We took a day trip to see the concentration camps in Auschwitz and ...
Poland
... - you can go scroll down to the dachau page for that. but just want to say that the magnitude of what went on in poland was unbelievable. first at aushwitz I, the horrors and thoughts just associated with the name, just was eery being there. but what ...
Auschwitz
... square by daylight - hopefully I can uload these shortly.... then we headed down to Wawel Castle. Krakow used to be the Capital of Poland, so the King would be in residence here. He had a huge impressive castle which sits on a hill just south of the ...
Auschwitz
Thursday we went out for the day to Auschwitz. There are two concentration camps, Auschwitz one and two, one was the first one, not so big but holds the museum, two is about 10 times the size and was built when they couldn't cope with anymore prisoners ...
Nothing like a cheerful trip to a death camp...
So now we get 2 trains from Warsaw to Auschwitz, Oswiecim. We get 1 from Warsaw to Krakow (Krakow= Crackden, god awful place but we could have a wander for an hour or so?) it takes about 2 hours. Then we get 1 from Krakow to Oswiecim (which is aparently ...
Words can't say
... go extremely fast on the high way. We decided while planning our trip that we really wanted to go to Auschwitz while we were in Poland. It's one of those places that we just wanted to experience. So we were are dropped off in front of the closed museum at ...
Auschwitz I
Saturday morning, Adam and I took a short bus ride to the city of Oświęcim, Poland. We jumped off the bus, excited and curious as to what we would see at the concentration camps. We first entered Auschwitz I, the worst of all Nazi ...
Auschwitz
After lunch and the excitement of the tour the day became silent and reflective as we rode our buses the hour drive to Auschwitz. We toured through the old buildings, walking in the footsteps of some many who were tortured and died there. ...
Auschwitz
"let this be a monument to despair and a reminder to humanity" These are the words from the memorial at Auschwitz-Birkenau II. Today I went to see the concentration camps Auschwitz and Auschwitz-Birkenau II. I will not fill this entry with my ...
Auschwitz-Birkenau
For the last two weeks during my travels, I have had countless first-hand experiences of the basic goodness of humankind. Despite all the bad in the world and our cynicism and distrust in each other, I do think that our basic inclination is to help ...
Auschwitz Concentration Camp
We were initially unsure about whether to go to Auschwitz. We knew it would be awful and depressing. But in the end we felt we should go. We made the hour and a half trip. And it was awful and depressing. We opted to walk ...
Day 28 - Krakow/Auswitchz
... history. It was a long and somber day. We had a one hour wait for the train home so we had our supper at the station. Poland is a very inexpensive place to be. Our dinner consisted of 2 hamburgers, 2 large fries and 2 drinks. The total cost was only 4 ...
Visiting the KZ camps Auschwitz and Birkenau
... Magda, Louis and I were taken by Magda's mother's best friend, Isabela and her husband, Ryszard, to visit the towns of Oswiecim (better known as Auschwitz) and Krakow. Oswiecim is about 30 km east of Gliwice, but it takes 2 hours because Poland does not ...
Auschwitz I
... committed in history. On the bus ride, Sarah and I talk about what we expect to see, the clearly present mole problem in Poland (There were holes everywhere). The bus dropped us off at the entrance to the Museum of Auschwitz I, most known for the gate ...
The dark of death--the light of hope
... of Our Lady of Czestechowa and before we made our way into the death camp of Auschwitz I, we stopped at the Kolbe Center in Oswiecim (Auschwitz is the German name for this Polish town). The center is run by lay members of the Militia Immaculata which is a ...
Auschwitz-Birkenau
The Museum is housed in Auschwitz where we are guided around for two hours and then we were free to move around Birkenau (Auschwitz-2). Auschwitz houses the museum (you're guided round here for a couple of hours) before being taken ...
Auschwitz I and Auscwhitz II-Birkenau
... the two camps on a regular basis. So we decided to go to the second camp first. We took the city bus from Krakow to Oswiecim (Auschwitz) for 10 zloty. It is an hour and a half on a small shuttle bus. NOTE: If you purchase your ticket upstairs ...