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On Holocaust Memorial Day almost 70 years after WW2 ended, isn't it now time that these macabre Death Camp sites where now bulldozed to the ground and replaced by a simple memorial?
On Holocaust Memorial Day almost 70 years after WW2 ended, isn't it now time that these macabre Death Camp sites where now bulldozed to the ground and replaced by a simple memorial?
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Unless you’ve seen some of these places, it’s difficult to appreciate the real horror of man’s inhumanity to man – and even then I’d say it’s impossible for anyone who wasn’t there to fully understand what went on. Perhaps they should remain as a stark reminder to the world of what human beings are actually capable of – and if it stops it happening again, then it’s all to the good. We must never forget.
no we mustn't. One thing was i watching the other day, and must admit it was quite a surprise, was that many of these camps were used after the war for displaced persons, those who had been forced to flee from their homelands, and those who had seen their country taken over. I wonder how they must have felt knowing what went on there.
NEVER. Having visited Auschwitz it will stay with me forever.
I felt dirty and disturbed for days afterwards and it hammered home the utter inhumanity of the place. To see rooms filled with childrens shoes, women's hair and assorted suitcases, never mind the sheer scale of the wretched place and the eerie indescribable feeling of the place. No monument could ever encapsulate the horror of the place.
I felt dirty and disturbed for days afterwards and it hammered home the utter inhumanity of the place. To see rooms filled with childrens shoes, women's hair and assorted suitcases, never mind the sheer scale of the wretched place and the eerie indescribable feeling of the place. No monument could ever encapsulate the horror of the place.
AOG
I don't think a memorial would have the same emotional resonance as the actual site itself. I've never been to Auschwitz, but I would imagine the feelings of actually being in the place where these atrocities took place to be very powerful.
My only reference point is when me and some friends took a tour around Alcatraz a few years back. When you're actually a place of historical importance and you walk in the steps of those who have gone before you...you strange connection on a level that's quite hard to put into words.
I don't think a memorial would have the same emotional resonance as the actual site itself. I've never been to Auschwitz, but I would imagine the feelings of actually being in the place where these atrocities took place to be very powerful.
My only reference point is when me and some friends took a tour around Alcatraz a few years back. When you're actually a place of historical importance and you walk in the steps of those who have gone before you...you strange connection on a level that's quite hard to put into words.
Duncer has encapsulated it. Seeing people’s personal possessions – thousands of them - little battered suitcases, clothing, shoes, spectacles, hair, and items made from their skin, hits you hard. These were people – real people – innocent people - men, women and children. For once I am at a loss to express my feelings adequately. No amount of words can ever describe the effect my visits have had on me. Heart-breaking!
AOG, have you read ‘The Boy in Striped Pyjamas’? It’s a book written for young people – but I recommend it to all.
SP, Alcatraz is a great experience, don’t you think?
AOG, have you read ‘The Boy in Striped Pyjamas’? It’s a book written for young people – but I recommend it to all.
SP, Alcatraz is a great experience, don’t you think?
mrs_overall
/// AOG - have you ever been to visit one? Try visiting Auschwitz, it is the most moving experience ever. ///
No thankfully I have not and have no wish to do so.
Why anyone would wish to see cremation ovens and also gas chambers, I fail to see.
I think after almost 70 years most would now be well aware that certain horrific atrocities happened, without the need for tourists to visit the actual venues where they took place, surely this can only be seen as showing a morbid curiosity?
/// AOG - have you ever been to visit one? Try visiting Auschwitz, it is the most moving experience ever. ///
No thankfully I have not and have no wish to do so.
Why anyone would wish to see cremation ovens and also gas chambers, I fail to see.
I think after almost 70 years most would now be well aware that certain horrific atrocities happened, without the need for tourists to visit the actual venues where they took place, surely this can only be seen as showing a morbid curiosity?
