Sunday March 8
Met with Berlin group early and headed to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Took about 45 minutes to get there from Krakow. I thought after attending so many classes and museums, seeing so many films, reading so many books, etc. focusing on the Holocaust and what happened at Auschwitz that I would just emotionally crumble when I finally got there. I had built Auschwitz up in my mind so much that I was actually trembling when we entered the camp; I was afraid of what I would see. Rather than leaving angry or in a dark place like I had leaving other exhibitions I just felt empty. Its a hard feeling to recover from. Birkenau is just enormous. Our guide took us to the top of the watchtower so that we had a view of the entire grounds. She said the camp could contain 250 (did I hear her right?) football fields and at its height 100,000 occupants. Although the grounds are extensive, the prisoners were cramped in these horrible stables. Theres not much to say about Auschwitz-Birkenau. I took 3 pictures, and felt very uncomfortable while taking them. It felt inappropriate, so I won't show them online.
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