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Hotel Przystan nad Sola Oswiecim

17 Mostowa Street, Bielany Oswiecim, Southern Poland, Poland

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Always Remember...

A travel blog entry by christina.t

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... or millions, of Polish, gypsies, and other "races". The camp consists of Auschwitz I which we toured and Birkenau. Auschwitz one was huge and we only had time to see it (since the site closed at 3pm... and we actually didn't even come close to finishing seeing the entire thing) and there was no way we could be able to see the 425 acre Birkenau which was 3km away from Auschwitz I. However, most of Birkenau was destroyed by the Jewish revolt and also when the war was ...

Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration & Death Camps

A travel blog entry by c.i.222

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... in 1982, I couldn't continue to look at the pictures of humans whose flesh were melting on their bodies. Since then, I have visited several Holocaust Museums including the one in Jerusalem, so I felt prepared to see the location of where the Nazis killed over 1.1 million Jews and 150,000 Poles. Since 1947 when it was converted into a museum, ...

Auschwitz

A travel blog entry by brookeandnick

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... seeing the huge piles of personal items that were recovered after the camp's liberation, like empty suitcases, shoes, combs, and eyeglasses, all separated into groups. There was even a group of children's shoes. It was really awful to see. We spent a couple hours there and didn't see everything, because you really don't need to to get the point. Like I said, though, it was a good thing to do, and an important piece of history, no matter how grim.

- Brooke
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Humbling Experience

A travel blog entry by tomandscherie

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... me that this is a huge part of history and it would not hurt to be confronted with the history.

So organised a private tour which was a lot easier with the five of us all in one car and one driver and set off on the 50km drive from Krakow to Auschwitz. There we were added to another group and handed over to a guide. I was under the impression that we were having a private tour but never mind. There were as usual a lot ...

Winter is here!

A travel blog entry by arizonafox

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... lots of goofing off. Jumping off benches, making snow angels, hurtling over piles of snow... Fun times. The night bus ride was completely uneventful, and I walked the 600 meters from the bus stop to my house in the street, because the sidewalks were completely un-walkable. I was cold and damp from playing in the snow, but it didn't matter.

I spent the first "real" day of winter freezing my ass off and frolicking in the snow. It was perfect.
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This hotel was formerly known as: Przysta Nad So