Jack and Rose Yes that is the way I took it, Yes, COURAGE is the word that describes what it takes to see the items. Books and pictures are not the same as being there to see what the world let happen. Our tour guide was a survivor and the other tour guide talked about the feelings and thoughts and actions of the local people. We heard the word of the actions, but to be in the cells and places where the people had to survive is .....i'm not sure what exactly the word would be. but very moving, I don't understand how some people don't believe that it happened and how they have not compassion. We were told that all the school children tour this area. Such a horrifying experience to live or die through. I tear up just thinking of it. Prayers for the whole situation! Mary Jack and Rose <thankgod@optonline.net> wrote: Hi Mary I did not mean HAPPY as in JOY,, I meant "happy" glad that we did get ENOUGH COURAGE TO REALLY GO AND SEE THINGS FOR OURSELVES. I know what you mean,,,,,, I was in such shock and horror the entire time, but NEEDED TO SEE THIS, I think everyone in the WORLD needs to see this My neighbors have their " tatoos" from Auswitz on their forearms and they have told us about watching their PARENTS DIE IN FRONT OF THEM sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo we have learned first hand from Survivors and victims of this HORROR AND EVIL I did not want you to get the wrong impression, we were not HAPPY to be there GRATEFUL TO GOD, really, for the courage and strength that he gave us both to GO TO SEE FOR OURSELVES, we were both nervous beforehand also Rose ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Johnson" To: Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 12:12 PM Subject: Re: [PBS] Visiting Auschwitz! >I went to Auschwitz in 2001. People told me I should go, well I did, I was >emtionally unstable for the visit. I started crying and could not stop; >the tour guide wanted me to go back to the bus, but I told him I would >stand in the back and see how and what I could. It was an emotionally >draining experience. I'm not so sure on the "happy" part but I believe it >was a thing I had to do; and you cannot image or have any Idea of what >these people had to endure. I prayed for them along the way myself. It >overwhelmed me to think that people actually did this to other poeple and >all the children. > > My family and myself are taking another trip to Poland this fall. I am > looking forward to see how things have changed or stayed the same from our > last visit. I haven't been able to locate my "Matuszyk" but I'm still > trying. > > Mary > > Jack and Rose wrote: > Hi Margaret > As much as I had learned in school about the Holocaust and horrors of the > concentration camps, NOTHING CAN BE MORE HORRIFYING or SORROWFUL than > visiting in person these places > The room full of human hair being woven into blankets for the Nazi > soldiers > made my stomach sick > Rooms full of babies clothing taken from the Jews and Polish people to be > sent to the Nazi soldiers families in Germany, rooms full of shoes, > hairbrushes, toothbrushes confiscated from all who entered the camps, > horrified me. I WAS SICKENED BY ALL, BUT " Happy" that I did go > Everyone kept telling my husband and myself,,, If you travel that far from > the USA and Go to Poland > YOU MUST SEE THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS! > We did not want to go, but are " happy" that we did. > The trip is a long one from Warsaw, but it is a MUST SEE! > > THE WORSE FOR ME WAS SEEING THE WELCOME SIGN " WORK WILL MAKE YOU FREE" > These poor victims did not have a clue that HARD WORK would not save their > lives at all..... > > I believe in my heart that if at all possible ( and I know its not) all > people should visit a concentration camp to see for themselves the REALITY > and HORROR of it all.... Its easier to believe in evil when you see it > WITH > ONES OWN EYES > > God bless all of the victims of these evil acts > > I prayed and prayed for all of the souls each and every room that I > entered > and cried tears of deep sorrow for them all > > Love and God bless you all > Rose Zydel Olson > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marlo50" > To: > > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 8:21 AM > Subject: Re: [PBS] My trip to Poland > > >> Rose, I really enjoyed your message about your trip to Poland. I wondered >> what your reaction was when you went to Auschwitz? I am old enough to >> remember the end of WW2 and the liberation of those camps and I still >> have >> that terrible feeling of horror how any so called human could treat >> another >> human in that manner. Margaret >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jack and Rose" >> To: > >> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 9:08 PM >> Subject: [PBS] My trip to Poland >> >> >>> Hi Noreen >>> Thanks for asking >>> IT WAS BETTER THAN MY HUSBAND OR I EVER ANTICIPATED.... >>> >>> LOT air is great, I would highly recommend it to anyone thinking of >>> traveling to Poland or Eastern Europe >>> >>> We stayed in the Warsawa Westin Hotel in Warsaw >>> EXCELLENT, expensive, but well worth it >>> We had a banquet there for 20 family members that I have never met >>> before >>> What a family Re-union or should I say UNION.... >>> >>> Family came from Belarus and all parts of Poland to meet my husband and >>> I. >>> >>> Saw Warsawa, Krakow, Concentration Camps in Auschwitz. etc....Bialystok, >>> Poltusk, oh so many towns ( mostly Center of Poland, Southern Sections >>> and >>> some Northern Sections of the country) >>> And the FARMLANDS ARE AMAZING.... >>> >>> I thought Lancaster County PA was beautiful, but nothing can compare to >>> the >>> rye, wheat farms in Poland >>> >>> Hugs and God bless you all >>> Rose Zydel Olson >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: >>> To: > >>> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 6:57 PM >>> Subject: Re: [PBS] Enough Golobki Already!!! >>> >>> >>>> Hi Rose, >>>> Welcome back and how was the trip? >>>> Noreen >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new >>>> AOL >>>> at >>>> http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>>> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> -- >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>> Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.10.8/906 - Release Date: >>> 7/17/2007 >>> 6:30 PM >>> >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > --------------------------------- > Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, > news, photos & more. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLANDBORDERSURNAMES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Building a website is a piece of cake. 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