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Poland

The endless rows of buildings was staggering. Up to a thousand people lived in each of the buildings at a time. Unimaginable.

POLAND | Wednesday, 26 May 2010 | Views [529]

The endless rows of buildings was staggering. Up to a thousand people lived in each of the buildings at a time. Unimaginable.

We spent one of the most harrowing days of our lives at the Auschwitz Concentration Camp where over 1 million people died, 90% of them Jews. We were still in shock for several days after we visited Auschwitz. We weren't sure whether to put these photos up here for fear of appearing disrespectful. But our visit that day changed our perspective on life and war so much that we thought we should share some of the horrible images we saw. How this ever happened is inconceivable.

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The remains of one of the gas chambers. The Nazis tried to destroy the chambers just prior to the liberation by the Soviets. 6 million is a number, but when we stood at the entrance of this gas chamber, it became so clear that every one of those 1 million Jews who died at this spot was a tragedy.

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