Hotel Kamieniec Oswiecim

... buildings and houses around the camps. During the war many of these places were owned by Polish people who were thrown out of their houses for use of the Military Generals and men who worked and ran the camps. Auschwitz has been modified into museums so it does not appear as eerie as Birkenau did. It is much smaller and the buildings are closer together. The gas chambers here are still intact and we were able to walk through the ...

... taken there thinking they would be starting a new life. They were encouraged to pack suitcases and their whole family would be transported to the camp. But right when they got off the train there was the infamous "dividing platform." This is where a Nazi doctor would give the signal to the SS officer of whether the next person would go left or right. Left was to the concentration camp grounds and right was to the gas chamber. The elderly, the disabled, and the children ...

... are passing through the blocks steadily and each person has a set of headphones and a receiver set on the channel of their guide. Otherwise it would be a cacophony of incomprehensible sound as guides would try to shout over each other. This part is actually pretty good though as you can lag a tiny bit behind for a photo and not miss any of the information being imparted.<br>We passed through the infamous gates with the slogan &#8220;Albeit Mach Frei&#8221; which I had ...

... WWI veterans. The better of the limbs were to be recycled for soldiers in need. There were rooms with glasses, household goods, luggage, shoes, hats, etc... Two warehouses, nicknamed Canada 1 and 2, because the prisoners thought, that like Canada, they were the promise-land. They were filled with various goods, like sewing machines, which were requested by the Nazis as they would help the prisoners in their "relocation." The goods were often sent back to the ...

... and it looks just the same as all your nightmares. it is a huge camp and very easy to get away from people and pay silent respect to the million or two people that died here. Stepping into one of the bunkhouses and seeing where people lived and died was eerie. How can people be so evil? I then walked to the Crematoriums which were destroyed by fleeing Nazi's near the end of the war. Even a ruined Crematorium is a sickening sight to see. I then ...

... We are also lucky enough to have arrived during the Krakow Festival. Last night we got to enjoy a free concert in the main square. The stage was amazing we could even here the music continuing when we returned to our hostel. Much of the story of Krakow has been dictated by WWII. We walked around the old Jewish quarter that used to house tens of thousands of Jews, but now only about 100. We took a day trip to Auschwitz, the Nazi concentration camp, and besides the bad tour guide ...

... although those three consecutive travel days sucked, we've been quite lucky with most transportation up to that point. In the grand scheme of things, it was a mere glitch in our plans, albeit at the worst possible time. But with the landing of the plane in Katowice, it felt like a new chapter of the trip began. As fall arrived (in all its fury), so did the beginning of month four in our journey. And that makes any inconvenience well worth it.

... e super "pesado" eh conhecer Awchwitz... Eh um soco no estomago. O que os Alemaes fizeram era uma fabrica de matar pessoas. A visita vale muito a pena, mas tem que ir preparado pois eh muito triste e CHOCANTE. Outro passeio que foi interessantissimo foi a ida a uma mina da sal. Vc desce quase 150 metros e vista os antigos saloes que ja retiraram o sal. E algumas salas dessa tem estatuas de sal, e chega-se a ...

... wollten. Ich v**suchte mit meinen Augen zu bedeuten, dass ich nichts dagegen hätte und im Gegenteil die Gesellschaft eines alten und **fahrenen Menscehn zu schätzen wisse. Ich war mir nicht sich**, ob sie v**stand. Nach drei Stunden Zugfahrt und Gesprächen üb** Liebe, Reisen und Chinesisch **reichten wir Zakopane. Kate, Krzysztofs Schwest**, holte uns vom Bahnhof ab. Sie war sehr heit**. Ihre Stimme war hoch und kratzend. Ihr Wesen war sensibel, das sah ich auf den ...

... juni kommer det tre krematorier til Auschwitz. To av de har tilhørende gasskammer, og hvert av de har en kapasietet på 3000 personer. <br><br>Auschwitz I<br>Så gikk turen videre til Auschwitz I. Men i motsetning til Birkenau, som er et stort området som i dag ser ut som en gigantisk park med røde murhus og firkantede vannhull, så Auschwitz I ut som en liten by med mellomhøye murhus plassert i ...