I'm Jewish. I went on a big trip in high school as a senior. I went to a bunch of camps in Poland - no tourist sites. It was extremely important to me to go and see my history. It was gut wrenching and I probably cried like no other time in my life, but I'm so glad I went. There's no way I would miss the opportunity to not only see, but really SEE, what my relatives went through. I can't feel their pain from here.
my great grandmother and her familly lived through it. she was forced to live in them for 2 years. She watched family and friends die or watched them be taken away and never saw them again. She only talked about it twice (that I can remember).
I would definantly go. Would it be emotional? yes. Hard to stomach? absolutly.
But in my opinion completely worth it.
. This is how I feel. My great grandparents lived through it and most of their friends and family did not. I would go to pay my respects. I think it would be hard but I would go.
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I went to one in Austria several years back. It was extremely difficult and emotional, but it also gave me a greater understanding and compassion for the victims and survivors.
i went to Dacchau but was so bothered that I left. i guess the tourism aspect of it bugs me too much. while i was there and realized how many people died there, i almost felt too awkward. it's like it's a cemetery and you should be there paying respects to someone, not going for some lesson in history. i realize there are people who go for their own personal reasons, and i don't knock anyone who has a deep personal reason to see it. i just couldn't handle it. i probably would not go again.
it's just a personal thing that i have, though. like i live two blocks from ground zero, and before there was an official memorial site, people would come along and smile and pose for pictures in front of the big construction site. i was also in norway a week after that bomb last year, and i saw a guy actually pick a flower up off a memorial and smile and pose with it. that stuff bugs the crap out of me.
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Dude, I can't help it, this shits is really rubbing me the wrong way. You don't tour death camps because they interest you.
I think I'm too close to this. IDK.
I'm Jewish. I went on a big trip in high school as a senior. I went to a bunch of camps in Poland - no tourist sites. It was extremely important to me to go and see my history. It was gut wrenching and I probably cried like no other time in my life, but I'm so glad I went. There's no way I would miss the opportunity to not only see, but really SEE, what my relatives went through. I can't feel their pain from here.
A friend of mine has gone and said it was such an eary feeling, but does not regret going.
I'd definitely go. I'm sure it would be very emotional, but I would still go.
Yes, dh and I would both go.
i went to Dacchau but was so bothered that I left. i guess the tourism aspect of it bugs me too much. while i was there and realized how many people died there, i almost felt too awkward. it's like it's a cemetery and you should be there paying respects to someone, not going for some lesson in history. i realize there are people who go for their own personal reasons, and i don't knock anyone who has a deep personal reason to see it. i just couldn't handle it. i probably would not go again.
it's just a personal thing that i have, though. like i live two blocks from ground zero, and before there was an official memorial site, people would come along and smile and pose for pictures in front of the big construction site. i was also in norway a week after that bomb last year, and i saw a guy actually pick a flower up off a memorial and smile and pose with it. that stuff bugs the crap out of me.
This.