Visiting Aushwitz-Nazi’s concentration camp

I never imagined that one day I would visit this place in person.  I'd learned about the Nazi's concentration camp in Auschwitz on TV but what I saw with my own eyes still shocked me!

We learned from the guide, who the prisoners were, and how they got there.  The process of selecting and assigning prisoners to various work assignments, how their possessions (including woman's hair were collected, what the living conditions of the prisoners were, and how were they murdered there (usually after three months of hard labor and poor health).

Here are some of the photos from my visit to the Auschwitz concentration camp site (now a museum)   

Snap Shots of Krakow country side

These photos were taken on the way traveling from Krakow to Aushwitz and back.  Enjoy!

Snap Shots of Krakow City - Mix of New and Old

Krakow’s Royal Castle

Wawel offers a uniquely Polish version of the British Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey rolled into one.

Photos presented here are:  life-sized monument of Pope Saint John Paul II; the castle as backdrop for the beautiful garden; images of the castle seen from across Vistula/Visla River from Czerwienski Boulevard; the photo of the Wawel Dragon and Skalka & the Pauline Monastery.

Krakow Old town and Market Square

The main square (Polish:  Rynek Główny) of the Old Town dates back to the 13th century, and the largest of its kind I’ve ever seen with an area of 40,000 square meters. The center of the square is the Cloth Hall, home to the Gallery of the National Museum.  There were plenty of bars and restaurants provide outdoor seating and people-watching.  However, most of them do not open till noon.

The Square is also home of St. Mary’s Church, Renaissance Cloth Hall,  Town Hall Tower, Adam Mickiewicz Mickiewicz Monument and St Adalbert's church.  You can see them all in my photos.