Okay, to be fair, I got up at 7 am to skpye my two besties back in Fort Mac...but it just so happens that I'm not completely exhausted, so I figured--heck why not blog?
So here it is.
During the last week of March, myself and all the other ILP volunteers in Ukraine were given a week off.
Most of them went on big group tours all around surrounding countries.
But did I join them?
Nay.
In my second semester at Cold Lake High School I had the most amazing Social Studies teacher.
His name is David Yoshida.
He worked me to the bone in that class, memorizing every tiny detail about World War II and really knowing my facts.
During the semester, I basically hated him because he was such a difficult teacher, but looking back, he has helped me so much.
I really look up to this guy.
One day in April 2010, we had talked about the concentration camps used during the Nazi regime, I'm sure most of you know about one.
Auschwitz.
One word.
One bone-chilling word to describe World War II.
That name stuck with me for a very long time.
The more we learned about it, the more I yearned to witness it first hand.
Well, if any of you have fallen victim of my endless facebook status postings, you'll know that I was just recently in Poland.
My second day there, I was blessed enough to be able to make my way to the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp.
I haven't many words to say about what I had witnessed, only that I pray that anyone with the means to do so should find their way to Poland.
The emotions that went through me are indescribable, really.
But I'd like to post a few photos of the camps.
So, here they are.
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| Arbeit Macht Frei |
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| Block 24 |
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| No Hope For the Helpless |
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| Baggage |
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| Looking up in the gas chamber |
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| Left or Right |
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| A Light At the End of the Road |
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| the only safe place to hide |
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| Memento Mori |
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| Unforgettable |
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| Past the Point of No Return |
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