Auschwitz the experience

I honestly don't know where time has gone, I can't believe how long it's been since my last blog and to be honest I have been battling with what topic to focus on. But following on from my previous blog I did go to Auschwitz and it was definitely an experience worth having. However it was one topic I have really struggled writing about, I have tried numerous amounts of times but failed miserably so I thought it would be easier to express a small opinion on it and then upload my photos for all to see :)

To say I "enjoyed" it would seem callous and misrepresentative of the experience I had when visiting the former concentration camp however I am glad I went. I have always had a thirst for knowledge when it concerns WW2 and I would recommend any one with the same interests as me to go and see it for themselves. The tour guides are amazing with the amount of information they give you especially when they are telling you some of the  inspiring stories from some of the survivors. The grounds and camp have been kept in pristine condition and the memorial at the end is beautiful and respectful. I have been asked a few times if I found the place "eerie" and the answer to that is No. Far from it. There is and has been so many people going there to show love and grievances for what happened that if anything it feels peaceful. Still and peaceful. What happened to those people is unforgivable and I'm not going to lie, coming out of there I felt anger and that anger stayed with me for a few days, some of it is still with me now. The stupidity of what happened...of what people believed...of what people followed..infuriates me still. But I imagine that most people feel that when they come out of a place where unnecessary death happened. That is something you need to be prepared for when visiting. I hear that Morecambe High School is now taking some of its GCSE history students round as a school trip...I have mixed feelings about this as I don't think that I would have been able to appreciate the full impact of this at the tender and innocent age of 15, however I may be wrong about that. I am just glad that I went at a time when I was ready to see it. My heart goes out to all the victims and relatives of the concentration camps, especially the Jewish people, who were punished for nothing more than a belief.