Thursday, May 05, 2005

Hitler Follow Up

this is a good post to follow the last. in the fall of 2000 i was traveling through europe with some good friends and we decided to continue east from Prague into Poland. i was mesmorized by eastern europe and blown away by krakow. it was perfect setting, gray clouds, babushkas running around, pretzels vendors, a small little sandwich shop tucked away in an alley. the owner of the shop was playing jazz on a record player and served great wine. while in krakow we couldnt pass up the chance to go to Auschwitz. i dont know what to write about the place nor do i want to think too hard about it now, but this article made me smile. allthough sometimes the opposite of Auschwitz is Zionism in some peoples eyes, i cant imagine what it is like to be a part of a race, religion, belief system, that would be eradicated for that reason and no other reason. here it is.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4515537.stm