Monday, July 15, 2013

Auschwitz & Krakow, Poland

We have been very busy and traveling a lot! We spent 3 nights in Krakow, Poland. We spent one morning visiting the largest German Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau. It was an emotional day. It is good for the students and anyone really, to visit these camps and see what happened. It is unimaginable the torture and evil that went on at Auschwitz from 1941-1945. Over 1.5 million people, mostly Jews, were murdered and even more tortured.
 
The next day we actually got to meet up with another Royal Servants team, the Poland team. We performed with them in Krakow! It was really neat to see them again. We were right next to them at training camp in Wisconsin a few weeks ago. 
 
Thank you for all the prayers and support! Continue to pray for good health for us and our team, good weather and opportunities for us to share the good news!
 
Electric wires around Auschwitz
 
Eyeglasses taken from prisoners of Auschwitz

 Jewish prayer blankets taken upon entry into the camp

Luggage taken from the Jews
 
One of the hardest things to see, piles of children's shoes taken from those killed at Auschwitz


Execution wall where thousands were murdered

Train car that would have carried 100 people into the camp

Train tracks down the middle of Birkenau

 A memorial at Birkenau

6 of our students showing how tightly prisoners had to sleep
 
 


Street performing in Krakow
 
 
 Both the Poland and EuroQuest teams performing in Krakow


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