Auschwitz-Birkenau, Oswiecim
not what i expected
i went in november of last year and stayed in krakow. a friend and i got a coach to Auschwitz and i was so excited because this was a place i have wanted to go my entire life. first of all, the camp was closed bar the main bit (i.e. Birkenau)and the main buildings were just memorials of people who were persecuted. i imagine it would have meant much more to me had someone of my ancestral line been there or had anything to do with the holocaust, but they didn’t. the last couple of buildings were emotional and the wall was emotional… that was it though. there are more delightful things to see in Poland than auschwitz.
over 4 years ago
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