Saturday, July 30, 2005

Concentration Camp

Dachau was the first concentration camp to be established in World War II. The grounds are plain, the buildings stark. There is no furniture. The barracks are long hallways with square cement rooms and heavy wood doors. The atmosphere is stark and sterile. Yet this iron gate preventing tourist entry still shocked me. It made me wonder what horrors lay beyond which could not be cleaned up.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

This picture reflects that start sterility quite well and I can imagine the "left to imagination" feeling that the iron gates brought on. It is horrifying to come to such a visual testament to what humanity is capable of--an important reminder. This reminds me of an excellent book called, "Days of Cain" by J.R. Dunn, I think its time for a reread.

7/31/2005 04:31:00 PM  

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