Recent reviews Auschwitz
[arvi, 05/01/2011] Este é um dos locais mais impressionantes que se podem visitar.
Ali tudo é verdadeiro e testemunho de uma história muito recente e triste.
Câmaras de gás, camaratas, linha de comboio até à câmara de gás, está tudo lá e qualquer um pode ver.
A dimensão é assustadora, mesmo que hoje em dia alguns dos pavilhões já estejam meio destruídos.
Para quem viu "A lista de Schindler", filme é uma cópia fiel do que se encontra aqui.
Vale pena ver com os próprios olhos, mesmo que não pelos melhores motivos.
[Praskipark, 25/09/2009] The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum is a grim destination and afterwards you will want some time to contemplate what you have seen. The exhibits are designed to provoke a strong emotional response to one of the blackest crimes in European history. In my opinion the museum is not appropriate for children under the age of fourteen.
Auschwitz has become a symbol of the Holocaust and Nazi war crimes as a whole. Contrary to popular opinion, it was not the deadliest of the Nazi death camps. Its fame is in part due to the inmates, including writers like Tadeuz Borowski (1922 - 51) and Elie Weisel (
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[proxam, 06/09/2007] The State Museum in Oswiecim. Doesn't sound too sinister, does it?
But use the German name for the city - Auschwitz - and it doesn't sound quite so cozy. It conjures up images of terror, unspeakable cruelty, bestiality and genocide. It is the epitome of the Holocaust.
A Short History
The camp was formed by the Nazis in April 1940, in the suburbs of the Polish city of Oswiecim. Initially, the inmates were Polish political prisoners, but before long, Soviet prisoners of war, Gypsies, and prisoners of other nationalities were also imprisoned.
Gradually, the camp was enlarged and the expa
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