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RE: Auschwitz - Putting a Face to the Name
I couldn't take photos inside the Auschwitz Camp... Just too hard for me... I couldn't imagine (or rather I don't want to imagine) what happened back then... It totally hit me (hard) when I see the baby and toddler and kid clothes and shoes... How could they? HOW? And the hair... The long hair... Just a thumb left or right... That's it... Work or die... Even though @arcange did explain to me in the bus on our way back... But I still can't justify this... Even until now...
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There is no justification Eliza. None at all. I guess arcange was maybe trying to explain the psychology behind how people can dehumanise others? But I'm just guessing.
I understand how you feel Eliza, I was silent, on my own most of the time as I couldn't cope with speaking to others. I felt sick to my stomach... this was because my brain is set up to be extremely visual so I was constantly seeing images behind my eyes of the various things described. The way I work through such hard things is to write about them. Poetry or fiction, usually decompresses these images that have built up in my mind during a difficult experience like that excursion to Auschwitz.
To be honest, I was not trying to explain anything other than my own condition after this visit.
I went back to the bus, shocked, muted ... wondering how such atrocities were possible, with an organization and an industrialization pushed to its paroxysm.
It took me halfway to be able to talk again. And it's thanks to the kindness and benevolence of @elizacheng that I was able to reconnect to the group step by step. Still today, I have a hard time rethinking this experience without feeling overwhelmed by emotions.
Thank you for being there too! ❤️❤️❤️
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It sounds like you had very similar experience to me arcange. And I guess everyone had the same feeling of devastation to an extent. I was also pretty quiet and withdrawn on the bus home, but had a kind and friendly steemian in @jayna to chat things through with :-)
Ah... @jayna is lovely too... ❤️
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I didn't dare to think... Visualizing it would be worst than a nightmare... Writing it down in words or poetry may not be what I am good at... 😅 But talking to people makes me feel better. Or maybe just hugs is much greater.
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Hugs are always good here is a virtual hug from a thousand miles away 🤗