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Terezin, concentration camp

SEVENTEENTH day of backpacking across Europe with "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS"  [13+]

Lyn's a sly fox says: Take a humbling lesson in the horrors of World War II on this day trip to Terezin from Prague by rail. Traveling with a professional guide, follow part of a rail line used to transport Jewish prisoners to the former Nazi deportation camp, a converted 18th-century fortress where many thousands died at the hands of the Nazis. Tour the barracks and compound of the Main Fortress; visit the museum, cemetery and columbarium; and learn how the Nazis presented the camp as a lively Jewish community to dupe official Red Cross observers. Highlights Day trip to Terezin concentration camp by rail from Prague, with a guide Tour the haunting Main Fortress camp, where thousands of Jewish people were held during WWII Travel on the same train tracks used to transport prisoners to Terezin from Prague Explore the museum and see the former barracks, cells and SS offices Visit the poignant Jewish cemetery, crematorium and columbarium Learn how the Nazis presented Terezin as a thriving community to WWII Red Cross monitors Stop at Bohušovice rail station from where many Jews were taken on to Terezin.

WOW, no time to think twice. Touring Europe can’t be without a dive into the gruesome past of WWII. I have been to the concentrationcamp of The Westerbork transit camp, a World War II Nazi refugee, detention and transit camp in Hooghalen in the northeastern Netherlands. Its function during the Second World War was to assemble Romani and Dutch Jews for transport to other Nazi concentration camps. For example to TEREZIN, another transit camp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTJjtIsOY0c

In the concentration camps, we discovered this whole universe where everyone had his place. The killer came to kill, and the victims came to die. Elie Wiesel

I saw this 9 hours documentary once about the concentration camps. I had to watch a little piece at the time since it was that gruesome and it had a huge impact. We may never forget!

Prompt: What is your guilty pleasure website to visit?(BC)

I have no guilty pleasure website.

Prompt: Write about a time you felt betrayed.(BcoFs)

Years ago, when I was in a dark place, I hide from the outside world and from my friends. They never understood what was the matter with me and I didn’t explain much. Two of my friends left me because of this. They were not there in my time of need. I think they could have done more for me at that time, but they didn’t. I felt betrayed because of it. It was yet another blow on top of a difficult situation.

Day TWENTY FIVE "Give It 100!"