Up at 8 am and on the road by 9:30 am. We drove through the lovely Ojcowski region with some unique rock formations. We arrived at Auschwitz at 12:30 pm and waited an hour for the next guided tour. It began to rain the moment we arrived and continued for the duration of our tour. The crowds were huge, which was totally unexpected. The ticketing process, queuing and and trying to find your translator stations was nothing short of organized chaos. Once we found our English tour guide we were off. The initial gong show was well worth the wait.
Auschwitz is huge and to think we are only seeing a very small portion of the camp as much of it was destroyed. Thousands of people are following their tour guides in total silence other than the narrative from the tour guide. Most of us walked in astonishment, disgust, anger and heart break as we listened to what the Nazi's did to these people. It was a very sobering experience and one that we thoroughly enjoyed. The Auschwitz portion of the tour took approximately 3 hours and then we were driven by bus to Birkenau to complete the tour. We didn't realize that Birkenau dwarfed Auschwitz but the atrocities only got worse. How a human being can inflict such brutality towards another is impossible to understand. Sadly, it seems like we have not learned the horrible lessons of history as atrocities continue around the globe to this day.
Auschwitz is huge and to think we are only seeing a very small portion of the camp as much of it was destroyed. Thousands of people are following their tour guides in total silence other than the narrative from the tour guide. Most of us walked in astonishment, disgust, anger and heart break as we listened to what the Nazi's did to these people. It was a very sobering experience and one that we thoroughly enjoyed. The Auschwitz portion of the tour took approximately 3 hours and then we were driven by bus to Birkenau to complete the tour. We didn't realize that Birkenau dwarfed Auschwitz but the atrocities only got worse. How a human being can inflict such brutality towards another is impossible to understand. Sadly, it seems like we have not learned the horrible lessons of history as atrocities continue around the globe to this day.
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