Go read yesterday's post first to catch up on what's going on. I mean, if you don't want to that's up to you but you'll be missing out on some continuity.
This is where the original crematory was, a crematory is used for burning bodies. Even though it wasn't an extermination camp, this concentration camp ended up killing a whole lot of people, especially near the end when loss was inevitable.
The remains of the more recent crematory, seeing this was really creepy.
I never really figured out why everything was so wrecked up here, maybe allied bombing?
These used to be prison cells, I think.
People come and leave tokens, it's nice to see that a lot of people have been here.
I have to admit, I was curious about how the Germans would deal with their history in places like this. As a rule it is done with as much gravity and humility as is possible. It's interesting how much the war changed them as a people, nationalism is now almost unheard of here.
This was an execution trench, it was used pretty much how you would imagine.
This was the most intense part of the camp, this little side area with the ovens and the trench. It apparently also has the ashes of it's victim's scattered right around here.
This is that soviet prison camp I was telling you about before, you know, the one they used for political dissidents. What a strange history this country has.
Inside the mini soviet museum that accompanies this section of the camp. There are museums everywhere, every building has another. Too many to even look at.
This is the monument the East Germans erected here. There's something about soviet monuments, you can only take good pictures of them when lying on the ground. I wonder if this is intentional?
This is where all the prisoner's quarters were. They were made out of wood so they haven't been preserved.
The camp's prison.
At this point my camera just stopped working, it's just as well since I had seen almost everything by this point. Notably absent were the preserved insides of some prisoner's housing. Like I've said, this place was pretty horrible and this wasn't even one of the particularly atrocious or infamous camps. I miss writing fun blogs, I'll be back tomorrow with something uplifting maybe. Don't get too down guys!
This is where the original crematory was, a crematory is used for burning bodies. Even though it wasn't an extermination camp, this concentration camp ended up killing a whole lot of people, especially near the end when loss was inevitable.
The remains of the more recent crematory, seeing this was really creepy.
I never really figured out why everything was so wrecked up here, maybe allied bombing?
These used to be prison cells, I think.
People come and leave tokens, it's nice to see that a lot of people have been here.
I have to admit, I was curious about how the Germans would deal with their history in places like this. As a rule it is done with as much gravity and humility as is possible. It's interesting how much the war changed them as a people, nationalism is now almost unheard of here.
This was an execution trench, it was used pretty much how you would imagine.
This was the most intense part of the camp, this little side area with the ovens and the trench. It apparently also has the ashes of it's victim's scattered right around here.
This is that soviet prison camp I was telling you about before, you know, the one they used for political dissidents. What a strange history this country has.
Inside the mini soviet museum that accompanies this section of the camp. There are museums everywhere, every building has another. Too many to even look at.
This is the monument the East Germans erected here. There's something about soviet monuments, you can only take good pictures of them when lying on the ground. I wonder if this is intentional?
This is where all the prisoner's quarters were. They were made out of wood so they haven't been preserved.
The camp's prison.
At this point my camera just stopped working, it's just as well since I had seen almost everything by this point. Notably absent were the preserved insides of some prisoner's housing. Like I've said, this place was pretty horrible and this wasn't even one of the particularly atrocious or infamous camps. I miss writing fun blogs, I'll be back tomorrow with something uplifting maybe. Don't get too down guys!
1 comment:
been to sachsenhausen twice, too, once with visitors from western germany and the other time with my friend and german history teacher from the uk. both times it was intense. i think the way they deal with the space these days (memorial/museum/education) is a good way and that it should be preserved like this.
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