Weekend Excursion to Auschwitz

We had a great time in Krakow, walking the historical streets, meeting people in the town, and entertainment and shopping downtown. However, it was time to move on towards our main goal. As we left Krakow, we made a few stops in Auschwitz to tour what is left of the tragedy that happened many years ago at the concentration camps. As we walked through the places where people were tormented and killed, we couldn't help but have an overwhelming feeling of remorse for the people who experienced this tragedy or still lives with the nightmares of their life in Auschwitz still today. The main camp is very well reserved and looks much like it probably did during its time. People were brought in by the thousands to live and work and die in this place. One crematory still remains where thousands of Jews, not seen fit to work, were immediately wiped out. There are no words to explain what it feels like to walk where they once did. As you walk through the buildings, you see what was left of their belongings; glasses, clothes, kitchen tools, shoes.. all kept to be sold by the Germans or used in the homes of the SS. What effected me the most though was the room full of women's hair, cut off as the women were killed and used to make furniture or bedding for the prisoners who were kept to work. Some of the hair was even braided still as if it just had been cut.
The second camp, a few miles away, was mostly burned down by the Germans before the war ended so that there would not be proof of their evil. But, there is enough to know how dreadful it was and some has been rebuilt to remind people of how evil prejudice and power can be.