Day 27 - Atrocity
May. 25th, 2024 12:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bigmogMy mind is a bit of a tangle as I attempt to process today and also squeeze in last minute plans before leaving Krakow. This may become incoherent.
In a town near here are several Nazi concentration / death camps. I felt that was important to experience and I'm not alone. It draws in a large number of people. It's one thing to learn about the holocaust in museums and movies but quite another to see where it happened. While I have sympathize for the victims, I also sort of felt bad for the tour guides that have to explain the horrors every day to swarms of tourists. There is no joy or entertaining aspect presented. It's all sad and somber but important history. Most every country has their own dark moments to reconcile. Only by shining a light on them can we learn and reform.
In a town near here are several Nazi concentration / death camps. I felt that was important to experience and I'm not alone. It draws in a large number of people. It's one thing to learn about the holocaust in museums and movies but quite another to see where it happened. While I have sympathize for the victims, I also sort of felt bad for the tour guides that have to explain the horrors every day to swarms of tourists. There is no joy or entertaining aspect presented. It's all sad and somber but important history. Most every country has their own dark moments to reconcile. Only by shining a light on them can we learn and reform.