Auschwitz I & II

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Comment by Erika Teufel on June 1, 2010 at 9:16pm

the whole entrance of "work makes you free" was kind of a way of censoring the ones that entered. Though, at the same time, it was kind of ironic, in a way. Either way, when people would be forced into concentration camps, they would either die right away or die further on into their time...but majority of those people thought that they went somewhere after death. So, would that mean that through this censorship, there is actually truth when looked at in detail?
I find it really interesting.

Comment by Mari Saunes on June 1, 2010 at 9:08pm

yeah, or like, work makes you free or something like that! I went in 2007 with my school, or the whole 10th grade went there as a school trip. It's a normal thing to do when we're in 10th grade because we learn a lot about the holocaust during 9th grade so. And it was really surreal being there because it was such a nice day, and like this part of the camp didn't look bad at all, so it was hard to understand and grasp that all the horrible stuff that happened actually took place right there!

Comment by Audrie Kim on June 1, 2010 at 3:16pm

Yeah, I agree with Maia. What was the quote again? Was it like "Work Brings Freedom"? It's so awful. Did you go during vacation or something? You guys didn't go as a school right? It's all the way at Poland so I'm assuming you went on your own time? It's so cool how the place is still there, but it's absolutely awful what they did in that place.

Comment by Maia Kirch on May 27, 2010 at 4:41pm

Wow! This is like almost the same picture that Mr. Palmer showed us on the power point yesterday. The picture and the background look so pretty, it's really sad to think that they used such a place to do such terrible things.