Reply to: Just got back from Auschwitz

[wobbegong]

If any of you ever get to East Africa please visit Rwanda - you can see alot of similar stuff there in Kigali from teh genocide and it has been preserved for future generations to see & NEVER repeat

But I bet they will.

[Hiram King Of Tyre]

I went to Dachau last year and do want to do a trip to Auschwitz and Colditz too.

[Mich the Tester]

unlikely to attempt anything more highbrow than sticking your head in a condom and lighting your farts.

That´s quite difficult actually (says the pie eating blind side flanker with a voice of experience).

But yes, in Germany and Poland you can see the some of the finest and the most tragic periods of European history very close to each other. A visit to the Berlin Philharmonic, or a trip to see some of Europe's finest modern architecture, and then a trip to Auschwitz or the 'wall'. It's all there, and it should all be seen.

[shaunbhoy]

Cheery fellas aren't you. I went to Krakow on a stag do. It consisted of alcohol, birds, food, alcohol, food, alcohol, birds.

It did not consist of any concentration camps or bloody salt mines.

If it did, it would probably have made me want a pint, kebab and a shag.

HTH.

No doubt. But you were on a Stag-Do. Not only that, you are the sort of one-dimensional johnny-pea-brain that would be unlikely to attempt anything more highbrow than sticking your head in a condom and lighting your farts.

HTH

[Papa Maji wa Maji]

If any of you ever get to East Africa please visit Rwanda - you can see alot of similar stuff there in Kigali from teh genocide and it has been preserved for future generations to see & NEVER repeat

[Doggy Styles]

Had a really nice meal in a old Jewish sector in a place that while it doesn't have a star...

Not even a Michelin Star of David?

Or is that only for Kosher restaurants?

[SizeZero]

Had a really nice meal in a old Jewish sector in a place that while it doesn't have a star....

Well you can understand why they wouldn't really want one.


IGMC.

[Tarquin Farquhar]

Or, how fortunate it is that each society doesn't see its own atrocities as atrocities until they are revealed in a paradigm shift later down the line.

Or, how convenient it is to be British, since the British have no idea what a paradigm shift might look like, never having had one.

[RichardCranium]

It did not consist of any concentration camps or bloody salt mines.

If it did, it would probably have made me want a pint, kebab and a shag.

Then you are one of those that ought to go...

[tim123]

I visited Dachau many years ago. ...

So did I. I came out thinking "that is one place that I never want to go to again".

I've since been to Auschwitz and didn't have quite the same feeling, can't explain why.

tim

[MarillionFan]

Cheery fellas aren't you. I went to Krakow on a stag do. It consisted of alcohol, birds, food, alcohol, food, alcohol, birds.

It did not consist of any concentration camps or bloody salt mines.

If it did, it would probably have made me want a pint, kebab and a shag.

HTH.

[shaunbhoy]

I was in Gdansk a few months ago and I was very impressed, had a great time. Not enough time and too far away from Auschwitz to make the trip. Maybe in a few weeks I'll head for Krakow and visit the camp. Anything you can recommend to do in Krakow?

Cliphead,
you might want to take a trip to the Salt Mine at Wieliczka just outside Krakow. Mighty impressive. They have a full blown cathedral underground amongst a load of other things including an orchestra that floats past on an underground stream. Well worth a visit.

[BoredBloke]

I was in Gdansk a few months ago and I was very impressed, had a great time. Not enough time and too far away from Auschwitz to make the trip. Maybe in a few weeks I'll head for Krakow and visit the camp. Anything you can recommend to do in Krakow?

We just had a flying visit - a tour around the city yesterday. Had a really nice meal in a old Jewish sector in a place that while it doesn't have a star, is recommended in the michalin guide. 2 main meals, pudding and drinks was less than 50 quid. Really cheap place. Research your trip as it's possible to get an individual tour guide round the camps. Ours was a coach tour and cost about 25 quid each for the lot. As I said - really cheap place.

[NotAllThere]

I recommend the book "I never saw another butterfly".

[thunderlizard]

All this stuff is sinister and just makes you realise how lucky we are to be living now and not then.

Or, how fortunate it is that each society doesn't see its own atrocities as atrocities until they are revealed in a paradigm shift later down the line.