Auschwitz - 80 years since liberation

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Amazing that there are still survivors from this atrocity so many years ago, and good it is not being forgotten.

Went there last year when we visited Krakow and, although I thought I knew a bit about what happened there, it was still shocking and thought provoking. They have kept it very real and not tried to sugar coat anything, or hype it up (not that this was needed). The exhibits of hair, shoes and luggage from victims is very sobering.
 
Amazing that there are still survivors from this atrocity so many years ago, and good it is not being forgotten.

Went there last year when we visited Krakow and, although I thought I knew a bit about what happened there, it was still shocking and thought provoking. They have kept it very real and not tried to sugar coat anything, or hype it up (not that this was needed). The exhibits of hair, shoes and luggage from victims is very sobering.

The numbers still beggar belief. The cruelty. The evilness. Beyond comprehension.
 
Don’t think I have ever visited a place that is so harrowing

The silence from everyone told the story

I’m sure you could still smell the atrocities that went on and hear their screams
 
The world needs to remember what happened. There are Holocaust deniers out there and, sadly, the number appears to be growing.
We cannot forget that human beings are capable of such atrocities and The Holocaust needs to be remembered to try to ensure such a thing doesn't happen again.
Sadly, we know atrocities continue, and some of the rhetoric coming out of the USA at the moment is frighteningly similar to what was being spouted in the early years of the Nazi party.
 
Sadly, we know atrocities continue, and some of the rhetoric coming out of the USA at the moment is frighteningly similar to what was being spouted in the early years of the Nazi party.

Not really.

Most Holocaust deniers these days run freely and shout "racist" when challenged. Weird times and will get worse.
 
A lot of the denial and the “marches” etc are stemming from the conflict in Palestine

A nation that has witnessed and been a part of horrific atrocities carried out on their race are now carrying out horrific atrocities on others
 
A lot of the denial and the “marches” etc are stemming from the conflict in Palestine

A nation that has witnessed and been a part of horrific atrocities carried out on their race are now carrying out horrific atrocities on others
Not only is this post ignorant of the facts it is extremely disrespectful of the thread topic.

Reported.
 
I’ve not been to Aushwitz but did go to Dachau ( around 1980 - in a RAF marked up landrover, not over sure that was a good idea),
In the entrance to a small double garage size building there was an enlarged photo of the inside of the building waist deep in spectacles. Then there was the sudden realisation that the photo was taken from the spot where I was stood. I cannot remove that from my mind.
 
I’ve not been to Aushwitz but did go to Dachau ( around 1980 - in a RAF marked up landrover, not over sure that was a good idea),
In the entrance to a small double garage size building there was an enlarged photo of the inside of the building waist deep in spectacles. Then there was the sudden realisation that the photo was taken from the spot where I was stood. I cannot remove that from my mind.

We also did Sachsenhausen in Berlin - took new recruits there from Cosford , affected a number of them
 
Dark Tourism is apparently a now thing. Am not sure it’s the right terminology but I have been to Auswitz and a couple of other similar places. The sheer scale of this particular place is phenomenal and a very thought provoking and upsetting place to visit.
Unfortunately we still have nt learned lessons from these atrocities. Even now the Russians will only accept and remember the genocide without mentioning Jews.
 
I went to Dachau in 1982.
That affected me so badly I'm not sure how I would be at Auschwitz.

Schindler's List is the film that has caused me to cry more than any other. I just had to hit pause a few times to compose myself, but I was determined to see it through.
I would have to take a visit to Auschwitz the same way, I imagine.

Recent events have made me think that a great human achievement of this century would be an end to racism - inside all the same - same blood - same hearts - same brains.
Advancement in human understanding - a view of humanity I picked up from the mathematician Jacob Bronowski while in my teens.
 
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