I had a rather unique visit to Auschwitz and Birkenau.
I was dating a polish girl at the time, and we drove in from Krakow. Almost everyone arrives in a tourist bus. We started in Auschwitz when there were still tourists around. But by the time we got to Birkenau the last bus had left. So the last half hour it was open we were walking through Birkenau (which people confuse with Auschwitz) where the train stops at the tower and the selection was held. It was very cold, and we were totally alone in the camp. It felt timeless, it could have been June of 1945.
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