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Mira

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Thu Jan 18, 2018, 09:40 PM

Jan 2018

this is hard to see. Makes my heart cramp in my body.
The second photo is the infamous view of the entrance to Auschwitz in so many movies. Certainly in Schindler's list. Also I think in Sophie's Choice. The one they did not bomb, as the Allied said, because of fear of worse recriminations. How worse could it have been? It's the entrance depicted all over Shoah. I have been watching it in short segments because it is all I can handle at a time.
I do not think I could go there. I really don't. And I very much respect that you did, though I know it must have been intolerably painful.

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These are fantastic photos! They clearly show the magnitude of the place. CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2018 #3

The size. That is what really struck me. Behind the Aegis Jan 2018 #4

Very thoughtful reply and moving photos. CurtEastPoint Jan 2018 #5

You won't go wrong when you let your heart guide your eye... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2018 #9

I'm not much of a photographer, but those are quite good and moving. Thanks. Hoyt Jan 2018 #7

I am not much of a photographer either, but I try. Behind the Aegis Jan 2018 #13

I've only been to Dachau outside Munich Chasstev365 Jan 2018 #10

I posted my photots from Dachau too. Behind the Aegis Jan 2018 #14

OH Mira Jan 2018 #11

Personally, I think you should go. Behind the Aegis Jan 2018 #15

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Disturbing to see these. Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2018 #16