{"id":1845,"date":"2015-10-02T17:31:30","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T15:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.wordpress.com\/?p=1845"},"modified":"2015-10-02T17:31:30","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T15:31:30","slug":"krakow-and-auschwitz-birkenau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/?p=1845","title":{"rendered":"Krakow and Auschwitz-Birkenau"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1924\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/10\/img_1593.jpg?w=750\" alt=\"IMG_1593\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/img_1593.jpg 750w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/img_1593-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/img_1593-270x180.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">For ever let this place be a cry of despair and a warning to humanity. Where the Nazis murdered about one and a half million men, women, and children, mainly Jews from various countries of Europe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Auschwitz-Birkenau 1940-1945<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">I do not have many words for <strong>Auschwitz-Birkenau<\/strong>, except that you should see for yourself. Most people don&#8217;t return to this place, one visit is enough.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1925\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/10\/img_1612.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"IMG_1612\" width=\"400\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/img_1612.jpg 500w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/img_1612-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/img_1612-138x180.jpg 138w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">In Krakow, traces and witnesses of Jewish life are most prominent in the former Jewish quarter of <strong>Kasimierz<\/strong>, nowadays a young, alternative part of the city with lots of small caf\u00e9s and bars.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1926\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1926\" class=\"wp-image-1926\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/10\/img_1616.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"IMG_1616\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/img_1616.jpg 500w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/img_1616-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/img_1616-120x180.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Memorial to the victims of the Jewish ghetto, the chairs represent the furniture thrown out of windows and piled on this square as the Nazis were looking for gold (wedding rings etc.) hidden inside the furniture.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1927\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/10\/img_1617.jpg?w=750\" alt=\"IMG_1617\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/img_1617.jpg 750w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/img_1617-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/img_1617-270x180.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/10\/img_1629.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1928\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/10\/img_1629.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"IMG_1629\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/img_1629.jpg 500w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/img_1629-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/img_1629-120x180.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">On a happier note, Krakow has a lovely Old Town that did not get destroyed during WWII (unlike <a href=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/2015\/10\/01\/warsaws-sorrow\/\">Warsaw<\/a>). The <strong>market square<\/strong> is pretty amazing with a <strong>market hall<\/strong> in the middle of the square. Great for people watching.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1929\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/10\/img_1631b1.jpg?w=750\" alt=\"IMG_1631b\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/img_1631b1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/img_1631b1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/img_1631b1-270x180.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1930\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/10\/img_1646.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"IMG_1646\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/img_1646.jpg 500w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/img_1646-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/img_1646-120x180.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1931\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/10\/img_1654.jpg?w=750\" alt=\"IMG_1654\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/img_1654.jpg 750w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/img_1654-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/img_1654-270x180.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1932\" src=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/10\/img_1655.jpg?w=500\" alt=\"IMG_1655\" width=\"400\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maponmyplate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/img_1655.jpg 500w, 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