World War 2 Talk - View Single Post - A visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau

chipmunk wallah · 29-03-2008, 02:14 PM

"......I'm told that only foriegn vistors to Poland are interested.......few if any Polish people visit the site.....not quite sure why, it's somethign my Aunty told me after 5 visits and a Polish husband!"
That,Im afraid is total BS. All Polish school kids at 15 are taken to visit Auschwitz,Dont Forget,The origional Auschwitz I(stammlager) was built to hold non Jewish Poles,and for 2 years these people were its main victims.
As for birds singing,Yep,went in a March and heard plenty of birds.
Personaly the most haunting part for me was a tiny pair of red sandles just like my little girl used to wear.
A trip there can have the effect of making one incredably intolerent of,well,intolerence.Where as prior to my visit I could shut some comments and attitudes out since I can never keep quiet.

29-03-2008, 02:14 PM	#25 (permalink)
chipmunk wallah Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: By the mighty Don,no,not the Russian one :) Posts: 175	"......I'm told that only foriegn vistors to Poland are interested.......few if any Polish people visit the site.....not quite sure why, it's somethign my Aunty told me after 5 visits and a Polish husband!" That,Im afraid is total BS. All Polish school kids at 15 are taken to visit Auschwitz,Dont Forget,The origional Auschwitz I(stammlager) was built to hold non Jewish Poles,and for 2 years these people were its main victims. As for birds singing,Yep,went in a March and heard plenty of birds. Personaly the most haunting part for me was a tiny pair of red sandles just like my little girl used to wear. A trip there can have the effect of making one incredably intolerent of,well,intolerence.Where as prior to my visit I could shut some comments and attitudes out since I can never keep quiet. Last edited by chipmunk wallah; 29-03-2008 at 02:20 PM.