Poland

The Schindlers List .. The Pianist and all the other war movies are our only images that we see from that period. To watch these movies is one .. to see where it all happened is an entire different experience. This is my 3^rd time in Auschwitz ,the largest of the Nazi Concentration camps here in Eastern Europe. Today I can sit under a tree and write ,but the first time I came here ,I couldn’t really bring myself to sleep in the night’s that followed.

There were images on the wall .. images of the first polish and Hungarian jews that were brought in. The images were hung on the wall of Block 10. The block from where only your corpse would come out after being sent in. For 2 consecutive nights I woke up to those eyes on the wall.

History has never been of any interest to me. Coz for me ,history was Egypt and then the civilizations of Machu Pichu etc .. but this was not history this is the past ! The past which my driver shared  with me. Both of his grand parents were executed here in Auschwitz .. suddenly it all seemed very real and of recent years.

The polish over the years have suffered a lot ,first at the hands of the Nazis and then the red army.  Actually these people hate the Communists more than the Nazis. There was once a year in the 80’s ,he said ,when in Krakow the only ration available was bread ,milk ,salt and potatoes. Can you imagine an entire year eating the same food. How different is it, than starving which the Nazis imposed ?

The Euro 2012 starts in 10 days .. Poland is one of the hosts and everywhere the football fever is alive. I know the polish national team is not very strong compared to the other European teams. I hope one day Poland wins ..