Totally hear you on this man. I have the same issues with the Plaszow Concentration Camp (this one was right here in Krakow). Was there, took some photos but been still avoiding to post about it. I was in Oswiecim too, many years ago. These places are just so unbearably sad and depressive :(
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I didn't know about this one. Yeah man, what I found saddening was some people taking selfies and sporting a smiling face on the rails of Birkenau... they totally miss an opportunity to reflect.
Yeah, there was one (concentration camp) right in the city of Krakow too. Just a short walk from the Kazimierz (Jewish) District where we lived for most of the last year actually. Next to the site of the (former) Plaszow Concentration Camp, there is also this huge stone quarry where the prisoners used to work (in absolutely horrible conditions) and where the Spielberg´s epic war drama The Schindler´s List was filmed... I need to make myself to write this post too I guess. Thanks for the inspiration.
Sure do write. I chatted to a guy on the first day of my bicycle trip, a farmer, and noticed how Polish people are profoundly embittered. I don't blame them, because it might've been hell to escape the Nazis just to get in the hands of the Communists. It's a long story, a lovely one too; one day I tell you in person.
Well, after living in Poland for a year and half now, I definitely wouldn´t say that the Polish people are embittered. Maybe some, maybe the older generations. But definitely not the young Poles. These guys are positive, open minded, proud and confident. To be honest, I like the nature of the Polish people more than the nature of my own Czech nation... But yeah, I would like to hear that story, hopefully one day :)
This ^
the guy I chatted to said the same thing, that older generations are not yet used to modern free life, when most of their life was under fear.