Leaving Geneva
I love Geneva! It's such as awesome city. I only got to spend an afternoon here though. I did visit the Red Cross Museum. It was really eye-opening, and pulled at the heart. I have been so stressed and in a state of worry throughout my trip. I am worried about things, like money, accomodation, etc.
Being in the Red Cross museum today relly did give my a sense of thankfulness and peace. I could be being marched across Europe almost bearfoot and starving, while being shot at, or being railroaded to some hellish camp somewhere. I really do have it good. Even if things are stressful at times, they always do work out very well. And for that I am thankful.
Also, I haven't had an opportunity to write about it, but on Tuesday, I visited the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau. It is hard to describe being at such a place. It was peaceful, cold, and still. But the thought of what life was like there only 56 years ago is haunting. The museum is very informative, and the gas chambers, firing squad alley, and the crematorium are there as reminders of such a hellish time. It can only be so horrible and eire, it is simply numbing. As the memorial says, in German, Hebrew, English, French, and Russian: "Never Again"
I will post pictures of this, and my other travels soon.




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Wow. I just finished reading a book about a Jew who covered up her identity and passed as an Aryan Czych and whose father was in Dachau... The other day we were talking about Dachau (forgot Who i was talking with) but they said when they were there, it was as if everything were still completely dead--not a sound anywhere, as if it were hell itself, and not a sound was to be uttered or else the furies of the past would revive yet once again. That is really awesome you got to go there!
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