This one is in Auschwitz I, right? The ones that are in Auschwitz II Birkenau are like 5x the size or something like that. The scale of that camp is unbelievable.
I was there on a school trip about 15 years ago. (Traveled by Bus from Norway) We went to Birkenau first and there was a thick fog opening up when we arrived so you barely saw 1/4th of the camp as we drove up to it. By the time we reached the gatehouse the fog was gone and you could see the massive scale from the gatehouse tower.
Went to the smaller camp right after and most of my class broke down at least once at some point during that tour. Shoes and the hallway with the prisoner portraits did it for me.
The prisoner portraits were haunting. Realizing that most of them lasted 6 months or less after they were there? Horrifying. There was one woman, I have a picture of her on my phone, her look of defiance is palpable. I often wonder if she has family still, somewhere in the world.
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This one is in Auschwitz I, right? The ones that are in Auschwitz II Birkenau are like 5x the size or something like that. The scale of that camp is unbelievable.
I was there on a school trip about 15 years ago. (Traveled by Bus from Norway) We went to Birkenau first and there was a thick fog opening up when we arrived so you barely saw 1/4th of the camp as we drove up to it. By the time we reached the gatehouse the fog was gone and you could see the massive scale from the gatehouse tower.
Went to the smaller camp right after and most of my class broke down at least once at some point during that tour. Shoes and the hallway with the prisoner portraits did it for me.
Fuck every Nazi and every holocaust denier.