Hotel Glob Oswiecim

... and stillness of the air was incredibly powerful and it seemed that no one could talk above a whisper. Over 1 million people were murdered here.<br><br>If Birkenau wasn't discouraging enough and if you aren&#8217;t too depressed to continue reading, we decided to visit the original Auschwitz camp which was just a few kms away. The placement of these camps appears very odd since they are almost directly in town and there are ...

... bit about it and what went on there, before visiting it; but I instantly found out that I only knew a small fraction of what actually happened there. It was ************centration camp- it was a death camp. And there were two main ones- Auschwitz is the central camp that is most commonly known. But just 2 miles away there is Birkenau- the 140 acre concentration camp built when Auschwitz wasn&#8217;t capable of killing as many Jews as the Nazis wanted. Many Jewish people ...

... history. Knew it would be a sobering visit as it is not a place to go lighthearted and gay. But as so much has already been written about Auschwitz and WWII, I&#8217;ll just keep my blog more on the actual visit itself rather than history and information on the camps.<br>The set up is so completely &#8220;get them through, give them the info, and get them back on the bus&#8221; that at times it was hard to get a feel for the enormity of the crimes committed here ...

... of the way, and the local were relocated. They (camps I, II) were not internment camps, they were Death Camps. Camp III was the exception, putting people to work in a factory. <br><br>KZ Auschwitz I has rooms full of hair that was collected from bodies removed from the gas chambers. The hair was to be sent to textile factories to be included in linen and fabric for commercial use. Another room was full of artificial limbs confiscated from prisoners, many of whom ...

... smoke stack as you approached the underground mound was a clear sign of just what you were gettiong yourself into. I entered after a couple of groups and waited insie until they left for some quiet. It was simply frightening inside. So many innocent people were killed for really no reason here. It gives me chills to look at those ovens where they burned all those bodies. From there i took the bus over to Birkenaw. This is the camp that you see in most ...

Finally arrived in Krakow after a day of traveling on trains. Krakow has always been a destination of choice for me since my grandmother's (on my Mom's side) parents are from there. Unfortunately the first two hostels we went to were booked, but we were lucky at the third. It has a small city feel although it boasts over 700 thousand residents. We've eaten some authentic Polish food. The Pierogies were great! We've walked around the castle and got stuck in the rain (it's always ...

... had on its record! We passed though the passport checkpoint and were happy to see both bags come through almost immediately, our luck was changing. We opted for a shuttle for the hour and a half it would take to get from Katowice to Krakow, as one more local bus and regional train was more than we could handle. I looked out the window and enjoyed the scenery as we headed through downtown Katowice and into the Krakow bus station. I have to say ...

A Cracovia foi uma grata surpresa na viagem. A cidade alem de ser linda e aconchegante, tem varias coisas pra se ver. Cracovia eh a tipica cidade europeia, com varios bares e cafes nas calcadas, uma praca enorme (Praca do Mercado) com inumeros desses, predios antigos, e clima de cidade de estudante. A universidade da Cracovia eh uma das mais antigas do mundo. Copernico estudou la. Os passeios. O mais ...

... hatte kristallblaue Augen, die and**e grüne. Im Zug setzten sie sich auf die gegenüb**liegenden Bänke. So dass ich sie die ganze Fahrt üb** beobachten konnte. Eine von ihnen las ein Buch üb** Chemie, die and**e bildete sich üb** Spanien weit**. Eine alte Frau und ihre Enkelin setzten sich neben uns. Kris unt**hielt sich mit d** Alten. Sie war sehr aufg**egt und sichtlich **freut üb** die Unt**haltung. Ihre Enkelin blickte mich mit Augen an, die sich für die Alte ...

... var vanlige fellesdusjer) måtte de ta av seg klærne og verdisakene, og fikk deretter alt håret klippet av. <br><br>Jødene fra Norge<br>1 desember kom de første norske jødene til leiren. De var 532 stykker, men etter at seleksjonen er ferdig måtte 346 av dem gå veien til gasskammeret, de andre 186 ble i første omgang erklært arbeidsdyktige. De fikk fangenummer fra 79064 og oppover. Fra mars ...