Kościół Mariacki

[metaphorge]

DSCF0347, originally uploaded by metaphorge.

Long exposure shot of Kościół Mariacki, in the Rynek Główny of Kraków, Poland. Many more photos of Kraków's Old Town (including many more long exposures) can be seen here.

Auschwitz-Birkenau is tomorrow edit: Sunday.

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[vandringar.livejournal.com]

That church was really quite impressive, climbing up into one of the towers was a high point of my visit to Krakow. I also visited Auschwitz-Birkenau while I was there, and despite knowing well what I was visiting, actually being there was really overwhelming.

[green-fae.livejournal.com]

Being prepared intellectually did nothing to lessen the visceral impact of actually being there.
On my tour we had an actual survivor and his daughter with us. When we got to the room of piles of hair I was completely overwhelmed.

that was today

[metaphorge.livejournal.com]

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[vandringar.livejournal.com]

That was the very same room where it hit me incredibly hard. Up until that point, even knowing I was at the site, the reality of what happened there just didn't kick in. It happened again at Birkenau, when I was in the tower overlooking the site, and seeing the vastness of the camp left me utterly stunned.