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In Your Pocket Guides

February 28th, 2006, by Em, in Family, Poland.

In Your Pocket Guides

A couple of summers ago, Rich and I ventured to Poland for a holiday. Guide book in hand we had a marvellous time in Warsaw and although a clunky paperback is a lot to carry when out for the day, when in Poland it was essential if only for the handy phrases in the back! More…

Poland - Auschwitz - Geographical Locations

October 17th, 2004, by Rich, in Poland.

Poland - Auschwitz - Geographical  Locations

If you have access to a good computer and a little bandwidth, it’s possible to see Auschwitz in aerial photos using NASA’s World Wind application. More…

Poland

August 26th, 2004, by Rich, in Pictures, Poland.

Poland

I (we) visited Poland last week and must confess that I knew nothing about the place before I went, apart from the fact that it’s just become an EU member, which meant there were no visas needed. More…

Poland - Auschwitz

August 26th, 2004, by Rich, in Pictures, Poland.

Poland - Auschwitz

Whilst in Poland we visited several of the Nazi Concentration Camps, including Oświęcim (Auschwitz I), Birkenau (Auschwitz II ) and Płasz?w. These are the photos we took at those camps. More…

Poland - Płaszów Concentration Camp

August 24th, 2004, by Rich, in Pictures, Poland.

Poland - Płaszów Concentration Camp

This is the site of the Płaszów concentration camp (phonetically pw-ash-ov) which lies 20 minutes walk south of central Krakow. A set based on the camp’s plans was reconstructed and featured extensively in the movie Schindler’s List. To the right of the panorama is a villa used by the camp’s commander, Amon Göth.

Panoramic photo of the former Concentration Camp at Płaszów, near Krakow, Poland.

Oscar Schindler’s factory

August 24th, 2004, by Rich, in Pictures, Poland.

Oscar Schindler's factory

Schindler’s factory still stands today. More…