Day three: Auschwitz Written by: Maddy Oppenheim

We went to Auschwitz, which is in the city of Auschwitz (renamed by the Germans) and Birkenou (which is really part of Auschwitz's death camp).Yes, it was emotional. Yes, some parts were really shocking, when really the whole thing should have been shocking. But somehow, I think most of us thought outside ourselves. I really have to commend Tali Abraham who always paid respect to whomever was talking. I bet that she not only thought outside herself, but placed herself into a suffering Jew's shoes. More short answers: No, we didn't really feel the worst weather that the Jews had to endure. We saw where the sick, sick medical doctors experimented on women and others. We went into the actual rooms where the SS officers experimented. It reminded me a little like Shutter Island in a very real sense. Some of the experiments were: a room that had four stalls in it where four people were in each stall and they were forced to stand up while sleeping due to lack of space; a suffocation room and lastly, a starvation room. Which one is worse? Don't take your pick. Most of us have gotten a minor cold, but don't worry. You have prepared us with a pharmacy specifically for us! So thank you!