Seesul, do you have any shots of the outside of the gas chambers? I have read many times about the Allies being chastised for not bombing them. I have also heard they were no bigger than the size of 2 tennis courts and to do so was outside the accuracy/ability of the airplanes of the day (either too far to fly or too small a target for those that could make it). Not that I want to get that topic going, but I would like to see if you have any pictures of the outside of the chambers.
The 63rd Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau
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Arsenal VG-33
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Good pictures, thank you for sharing. I visited Dachau in 1995. One of my grandfather's close friends was sent there, but fortunately he survived, though barely. They said he was a walking skeleton we he came back after the war.
The one thing that really gave me the creeps, for lack of a better word, were the railroad tracks leading to the camp. There were a few other people there during my visit, but was very quiet. It felt like a communal experience with the dead, it's really frightening, though it felt like relief at the same time. It's very hard to describe. I hope to visit Auschwitz someday.
I also remember feeling the same when walking through Oradour-sur-Glane. For anyone interested in WW 2 history, I don't think a visit to Europe can be complete without visiting one of these awful places. They must be seen.
The one thing that really gave me the creeps, for lack of a better word, were the railroad tracks leading to the camp. There were a few other people there during my visit, but was very quiet. It felt like a communal experience with the dead, it's really frightening, though it felt like relief at the same time. It's very hard to describe. I hope to visit Auschwitz someday.
I also remember feeling the same when walking through Oradour-sur-Glane. For anyone interested in WW 2 history, I don't think a visit to Europe can be complete without visiting one of these awful places. They must be seen.
seesul
Senior Master Sergeant
one of the pictures you´re asking for was already posted, but here is the same with one more. The last one shows the hole in the roof, where the Germans threw the CYCLON B gas through...
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I have been to several KZ's including Dachau and Auschwitz. I was speechless when I visited them. The horror...
seesul
Senior Master Sergeant
yep, my head was absolutely empty on the way back. no thoughts. black out...
seesul
Senior Master Sergeant
and btw, I wanna visit Berchtesgaden this year. and mauthausen is on the way from salzburg to vienna. so maybe...
Let me know when you got Berchtesgarden. I am planning on driving down there several times this year. It is so beautiful in Berchtesgarden.
If you are going to be there when I am, we need to meet up and drink a Weizenbier.
If you are going to be there when I am, we need to meet up and drink a Weizenbier.
Thanks Seesul, I appreciate it. That is one small target. Thought it would be a bit bigger. Can't see how somebody using a Norden would hit that from 20K.
Great shots. Distrubing but needed to be seen. Thanks for posting them.
seesul
Senior Master Sergeant
Jawohl, abgemacht!
How far away is from you? Some 600 km from me...Think in May or June, when there´s a nice weather...because in July there´s another trip planned- Flying Legends in Duxford...if my wife and Good let me go...
