I too have been fascinated and haunted by the events of WW2, and the brutality of the Holocaust. In 2004 i undertook a teaching english placement in Warsaw, Poland, and the devestation of the people can still be felt today, especially in the poorer areas. I was lucky enough to visit the POW camps in the south of Poland- Auschwitz and Birkenau, because witnessing the actual site of the mass murders made it so much more real. It is often easy to watch tragedies on the news or in the movies and feel sad, but still feel essentially disconnected. It is hard not to feel the reality of the thousands murdered when you are standing in the gas chambers and touching the walls of the prison cells. Ive included below a preview of the movie 'the pianist' for everyone to have a look at, as well as some of the photos i took when i visited the POW camp.
