tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17768815.post7588868036217396211..comments2023-09-12T10:18:16.631+01:00Comments on Notepad Narnia: Visiting Dachau Concentration CampTraxyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13249884092846934427noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17768815.post-17998813663745022352013-02-21T19:13:56.429+00:002013-02-21T19:13:56.429+00:00I don't know Maus, but yeah, to read signs say...I don't know Maus, but yeah, to read signs saying "and this is the room where they put all the dead bodies waiting to be cremated" was scary.<br /><br />When planning the trip, I was considering taking us up by Weimar and Leipzig, and then we could've gone to see Buchenwald instead. Reading about it on Wikipedia, however, made me feel sick. I'm glad we went to a concentration camp memorial site when we were there, but I'm also glad it was a (comparatively) "easy" site. It was hard enough being there as it was - seeing somewhere like Auschwitz must be soul-destroying, especially if you're highly sensitive and/or empathic.Traxyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13249884092846934427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17768815.post-65977621331416999132013-02-21T04:19:15.734+00:002013-02-21T04:19:15.734+00:00I visited Dachau when I was a teenager. Since I am...I visited Dachau when I was a teenager. Since I am extremely phobic of dead bodies, walking into that crematorium was one of the bravest things I have ever done. I was terrified and horrified but I did it. For them. I always think of that moment in Maus when Vladek is in Dachau and has to walk on corpses just to get to the toilet...If by yeshttp://ifbyyes.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com