It's harrowing- niece went there on a school trip.... they didn't expect to be so upset by it.
Stunning and, not to make light of something so dreadful but any visit is at a pretty bleak time.I've always wanted to visit Auschwitz and am planning at trip to Krakow sometime early in the New Year....always wanted to go there at probably the most bleakest time of the year....Anyone been there at this time?
Not to Auschwitz, but I did visit Mauthausen when I was 20.....a very haunting and moving experience. I've never forgotten it, and probably never will.
Stunning and, not to make light of something so dreadful but any visit is at a pretty bleak time.
I haven't been inside but worked for a fair while in Munich, with a good friend working on Dachauer Straße and the subject often led, inevitably, to Dachau and the echoes of history. Quite, quite remarkably horrible.
One thing, about the whole "don't mention the war" thing is that the Germans who I met and talked to have got past their past far better than we have. To me, the very word "Dachau" had only one meaning but, to visit it now is to see a perfectly normal Bavarian town with golf clubs, parks and squares and excellent S-Bahn links to Munich, one of my favourite cities. Auschwitz is a little different, as the name was changed back to the German when it was annexed and it has reverted to the Polish name of Oświęcim (shamelessly Wiki'd), but I have to say that you might, still, be very affected by the place and by how remarkably normal the rest of the town is, considering what was on their door step.
Norm as always - say it as it is.
I doubt I could go there, ever. ! Doubt I could deal with the history.
Indeed. I mentioned above that I hadn't been inside Dachau. Even seeing the outside of the memorial, even seeing the town's name a couple of times every week as I drove to visit friends, even the name of the street made me feel both insignificant as a person and immensely grateful for what I've got when seeing those names after a day in an office thinking about nothing more important than quarterly forecasts.People should never stop visiting places like this even though it is harrowing otherwise they could after some time be forgotten