Two members of the Sixth Form volunteered to accompany Mr Christian Daw on his visit to the site of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp. At one stage they stood in a huge room and were told that this was where 2000 Jews were gassed to death every day! Here are their moving accounts:

 

dsc00810_610

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it'

GEORGE SANTAYANA

The experience itself was surreal. There was a sensation of 'weirdness'. Having witnessed the sheer scale of it all I felt overwhelmed. It clearly demonstrated the pure evil that man can stoop to, but also it showed the true powers of the human capacity to survive. The experience will last me a lifetime, and I strongly believe that all should bear witness to the events that took place there, and pay homage to those millions who endured such evil.   Shil Patel

 

I was unsure as to what to expect. Having read about it I knew that it was devastating, but I really had not realised the extent of the wickedness nor did I realise the huge affect that it would have on me. The one thing that struck me was that humanity was capable of such evil, yet was also able to find the strength to survive against all odds and in terrible conditions. It showed that we should fight to survive and protect each other from all sorts of tyranny.    Daivik Gandhi

 



« Back