|
I have never visited any of the former Concentration Camps but I would think that it would be most unusual not to feel emotionally affected, both by the actual surroundings and one's own knowledge of the history of the sites.
The nearest I have come to being affected by my surroundings was when in June '44 I first visited the Colisseum in Rome. As I recorded later:
"After a short while I slipped away to visit the cells underneath the arena where the slaves and early Christians were held prior to the games and their subsequent death.
I have never considered myself to be significantly claustrophobic but the atmosphere in the dank shaded quarters felt unbearably evil and I was glad to get back out into the sun and the heat."
__________________ If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when? Rabbi Hillel circa 30 BCE  I was "Called-up" in Oct 1942 Served as a Wireless-Op with the 49th LAA (78 Div) from Apr 1943 to Dec 1944 (North Africa,Sicily,Italy, Egypt). The Regiment was disbanded in Dec 1944 and I was retrained (in Italy) by the Royal Armoured Corps. Served as a Loader-Op with the 4th QOH from Mar 1945 to Jan 1946 (Italy, Austria, Germany)
Finished up as Tech Cpl for "A" Sqdrn.
I was "De-mobbed" in Apr 1947
Last edited by Ron Goldstein; 14-08-2007 at 12:33 PM.
Reason: Typo
|