Auschwitz-Birkenau

Visiting Auschwitz was one of the most powerful experiences of my life. Looking up my family name in the book of the dead shook me. The place is a tomb.

You can’t exactly call it a hoot. Interesting, however. And quite thought provoking.

‘Want’ is entirely the wrong word. Rather, I feel that I ought to go to Auschwitz as a reminder and a warning to myself of the inhumanity of which mankind is capable.

I think that visiting this place will change the life of anybody. For sure worth visiting!

I went with my mother while staying with family in Poland. It was an extremely humbling and thought-provoking experience, especially walking into the crematorium. I’ve also been to the beaches and graves of Normandie and it’s incredible to think that all of this happened not so long ago. (And atrocities continue to happen!)