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Segways and Swingdancing
... Train loads of people were driven straight into the middle of the camp, herded into the gas chambers and killed. Auschwitz 111 or Monowitz came into existence when the company IG Farben (remember them?) decided to build their largest synthetic rubber and liquid fuels plant nearby. Coal, Lime, Salt and cheap labour were all close by and in massive quantities. When illness broke out at the main camp and threatened their work force, the company decided to house ...
Krakow, my new favourite city.
... and seeing how salt is/was mined over the years and all the sculptures carved out of salt. Wow. It's definitely one of the more interesting things I've ever done. The tour took about four hours all up and we got back about dinner time, so we went to the square for dinner. I had Zurek (my new favourite soup) and pierogi. Saturday I had decided to treat myself and booked a spot at the shooting range. First I was going to book at a range an hour away, it's the biggest ...
Podgorze and Kazimierz
... Mama which is made of cream cheese and nutella. We also went to the Galicia Jewish Museum which had a large photo display of Jewish life before, during, and after the war. Very moving. We had dinner at the Klezmer Hois, where we listened to live klezmer music. Tomorrow we are going to Auschwitz. Anne, the plane flight had the scariest turbulence I think I have ...
Eye opening and moving experience
... Poland and used Auswitch for the captivation and extermination of primarily Polish Jews, but additionally many other nations including Hungary, Norway, Bulgaria, Romania, Greek, Italian, Serbian, Croatian and Russian prisoners of war. Made up of 3 camps (Auswitch I, Berkanau and Monowitz), the camps are a moving and insightful experience into the tragic and terrible practices employed by the German army. An estimated 1.1 ...
Dzień pierwszy: Kraków
... Kościół Mariacki, Wawel i wszystkie inne zabytkowe budynki dookoła wyglądają niesamowicie! Pełno barów, restauracji i oczywiście turystów z różnych stron świata. Stare miasto naprawdę robi wrażenie i równa się z innymi popularnymi Europejskimi miastami.
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