Auschwitz page 1
-
Upload
emma-leech -
Category
Documents
-
view
216 -
download
4
description
Transcript of Auschwitz page 1
Must Visit Places
AUSCHWITZBIRKENAU
“Arbeit Macht Frei” is the German phrase that greets our group as we enter the Aus-chwitz I concentration camp. As we pass under the wrought-iron gate, the local guide reveals the translation, “Work Makes You Free” a motto, which belies the true atroci-ties that took place in the Nazi concentration camp during World War II and which leaves my group and me in silence.
At first glance Auschwitz I doesn’t look like a bad place. Despite the barbed wire fence surrounding the perimeter, it’s
not a stretch of the imagination to picture the rows of bricked buildings as coveted, pricey apartments, inhabited by young professionals.
But then again, this wasn’t built as a death camp; it was origi-nally a Polish barracks. Situated in the small town of Oscwiem, (about thirty minutes drive from Krakau airport) pre-1939 it was a vibrant town with a population of 12,000, 80% of them were Jewish. It’s only
Clo
As part of our new Must Visit Places series we visited one of the most unusual yet most popular
tourist attractions in Europe, a Nazi-death camp in Poland.
by Matthew Dyas