This song was playing in my head all the time when i was walking around in the camp ...
I'm waiting in my cold cell ...
when the bell begins to chime
reflecting on my past life ...
and it doesn't have much time
(each one of these blocks used to house around 1500-2000 people !)
Coz at 5 o clock
they take me to the gallows pole
The sands of time
for me are running low
(the minimum thing expected in a death camp ... a gallow.
of course after listening to the guides ... this was one of the better ways to die)
When the priest comes to read me my last rites
I take a look to through the bars at the last sights
Of a world that has gone very wrong for me
(most wires were electrified)
Can it be that there's some sort of error
It's hard to stop the surmounting terror
Is it really the end and not some crazy dream !
(the streets of terror)
Somebody please tell me that I'm dreaming
It's not easy to stop from screaming
But the words escape me when I try to speak
Tears they flow but why am I crying
After all I'm not afraid of dying
Don't believe that there is ever an end
As the guards march me out to the courtyard
Someone cries from a cell God be with you
If there's a God then why does he let me die ???
(notice the windows on the left are covered
that's to prevent the inmates from seeing who's dying
and the one on the right uncovered
that's to let the ones who're next see what's gonna happen)
(this is where the poison was dropped in the testing phase
sometimes they dropped very little
so people kept dying for 2-3 days )
As i walk all my life drifts before me
And though the end is near I'm not sorry
Catch my sould coz it's willing to fly away
Mark my words believe my soul lives on
Please don't worry now that I have gone
I've gone beyond to see the truth
When you know that your time is close at hand
Maybe then u'll begin to understand
Life down there is just a strange illusion
(a group of jews
praying and mourning
in front of the main gas chamber)
Hallowed be thy name
Monday, October 23, 2006
Auschwitz ... Death Camp
This was the strongest experience of my trip. For 3 hours of the tour of Auschwitz I was just quiet .. spell bounded by tales of horror.
Here's the main gate leading to the death camp
you walk around here ... and can't help imagine the people with sadness in the hearts which lives in these blocks ... so much torture ... it's crappy i sound very cliched !
so now i'll keep my smartass comments to myself in this post ...
this is a crematorium.
and lastly ... my shoe ... for them nazis
Here's the main gate leading to the death camp
you walk around here ... and can't help imagine the people with sadness in the hearts which lives in these blocks ... so much torture ... it's crappy i sound very cliched !
so now i'll keep my smartass comments to myself in this post ...
this is a crematorium.
and lastly ... my shoe ... for them nazis
Krakow pt. 2 !
Nova Huta
The second day we were a little late for Auschwitz so we decided to ask our local hostel lady for placed to visit !
So she made a map and off we were to NovaHuta some 7-8 kms from Krakow!
She'd made a tank from the second world war on the map she gave us ... we cudn't find that anywhere in the town ... but we did find this ... maybe from some war in BC ?
Something related to Solidarity ... but for us .. Channel [V] !!!
Here I am jumping off into the fields .. and very happy about it !
serene .................
Sepia in more Sepia ...
The only picturesqye building we found the whole day !!! This was a church by the way .. after 3 hours of walking around and searching ... we were very happy to find something !!!
Finally the day was coming to an end ... so not finding even a single place on the map ... dejected by still happy ... we decided to head back home ... on our way back .. here's what we see ...
it looks like a block of houses just like any other in the town ...
but look closer ...
it still pretty much looks mundane !
let's zoom in a little bit as well ...
aah ! there it seems like something outta the ordinary ...
and finally ... hiding half behind the pillar ... on our way back to the hostel ... we finally found our first and onle 'place to visit' on the map !
The museum of Nova Huta !!! ofcourse by that time it was closed .. :)
So she made a map and off we were to NovaHuta some 7-8 kms from Krakow!
She'd made a tank from the second world war on the map she gave us ... we cudn't find that anywhere in the town ... but we did find this ... maybe from some war in BC ?
Something related to Solidarity ... but for us .. Channel [V] !!!
Here I am jumping off into the fields .. and very happy about it !
serene .................
Sepia in more Sepia ...
The only picturesqye building we found the whole day !!! This was a church by the way .. after 3 hours of walking around and searching ... we were very happy to find something !!!
Finally the day was coming to an end ... so not finding even a single place on the map ... dejected by still happy ... we decided to head back home ... on our way back .. here's what we see ...
it looks like a block of houses just like any other in the town ...
but look closer ...
it still pretty much looks mundane !
let's zoom in a little bit as well ...
aah ! there it seems like something outta the ordinary ...
and finally ... hiding half behind the pillar ... on our way back to the hostel ... we finally found our first and onle 'place to visit' on the map !
The museum of Nova Huta !!! ofcourse by that time it was closed .. :)
Krakow !!!
A very beautiful city. It's old town all over !
Here's the main old town square
A museum
and that's called professionalism !
Take me to your leader !
Picture perfect !
Exquisite !
And then there's Wawel Castle and Cathedral...
for whom the bell tolls ...
all gold ...
and more gold !
faces in the wall ...
intricate !
the living area of the kings ... the same private rooms in double digits !
crucified and imprisoned !
oh yea and then there was a really nice painting exhibition there ... i couldn't believe that this was a painting !
Tired !
I was trying to keep a straight face ...
random clouds ...
And finally .. i can't decide ..
is sepia better ?
or black and white ?
Here's the main old town square
A museum
and that's called professionalism !
Take me to your leader !
Picture perfect !
Exquisite !
And then there's Wawel Castle and Cathedral...
for whom the bell tolls ...
all gold ...
and more gold !
faces in the wall ...
intricate !
the living area of the kings ... the same private rooms in double digits !
crucified and imprisoned !
oh yea and then there was a really nice painting exhibition there ... i couldn't believe that this was a painting !
Tired !
I was trying to keep a straight face ...
random clouds ...
And finally .. i can't decide ..
is sepia better ?
or black and white ?
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