Pokoje Goscinne Basztowa
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Poland Will Never Forget Nor Forgive
... that, at its peak, 10,000 people were murdered daily. The trains would roll in, roughly 75% of new arrivals would immediately be sent to the gas chambers. The other 25% were worked to death. This usually didn’t take too long, as accommodation was literally what were once stables that now held about 1,000 prisoners. Heating was non-existent, and it gets mighty cold in Poland in the winter.
You can wander through most of the buildings in this camp. Walking further ...
Leaving Ukraine
... the rest of Europe, in an effort to safeguard against future invasions.
I had the compartment to myself during the night, but in the morning when the train stopped at Lviv, I was joined by several Russians from St. Petersburg. It was fun to talk with them. I asked them what they thought of Putin, and they laughed. "Oh Putin, first he changed the presidential term from 4 to 6 years, and now he's becoming more like a monument with every day, especially with the ...
Krakow and Auschwitz
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We were told by our tour guide that when the Nazis first started the concentration camps, they took photos of all of the inmates and identified them that way, but they all began to starve and became skinny and they all started to look the same, so that is why they started to tattoo numbers onto their arms. We were told about Dr Mengele, who did medical experiments on the inmates. He was especially interested in experimenting ...
Kraków Day 2
... built to house the stalls of the town's merchants in the 14th century and it still serves that purpose, though rather than serving the needs of the town's residents the merchant's stalls sell souvenirs and trinkets to tourists. I suspect the only language not heard in the hall is Polish.
We returned to Kazimierz for dinner again tonight, wandering around the area for a while before stopping at a restaurant to eat.
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Krakow Part 2 (Visit to the Salt Mines)
Last night we returned from Auschwitz (I have posted my remarks on the camps separately) to enjoy a great vegetarian dinner at a place called Glonojad on Pl Matejki 2, just steps from our hotel. I had what was listed as a traditional Polish potato pancake with vegetable. The vegetables were like a ratatouille on top and were very good. Morry had lentil perogies, which I guess is one vegetarian take on another traditional food. I also had a delicious fresh squeezed ...
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