[Serious question] Should I visit Auschwitz?

[A Cat in a Minefield]

I'll be visiting Krakow for 3-4 days in Summer. Is it a whole day drip? Is it worth it?

 

[Adam Basile Woodrow]

take some cool pictures

 

[Haloperidol]

It is a whole day trip, I don’t know if getting there and back from Krakow is always a pain in the ass but it was for me. I had to stand in a crowded bus for the whole 3-hour journey back. So if you go, go early, or take anything but the bus.

When I was there I saw a whole group of Israeli high school students (one of them was holding up a giant flag like a cape) posing and smiling for a photo under the Arbeit Macht Frei gate, probably in my top five strangest things I have ever seen. It’s also the strangest place I’ve bought and eaten a pizza. Thanks for giving me an excuse to tell this story.

 

[gagabobo1997]

Only if you take pictures and post them here

 

[A Cat in a Minefield]

It is a whole day trip, I don’t know if getting there and back from Krakow is always a pain in the ass but it was for me. I had to stand in a crowded bus for the whole 3-hour journey back. So if you go, go early, or take anything but the bus.

When I was there I saw a whole group of Israeli high school students (one of them was holding up a giant flag like a cape) posing and smiling for a photo under the Arbeit Macht Frei gate, probably in my top five strangest things I have ever seen. It’s also the strangest place I’ve bought and eaten a pizza. Thanks for giving me an excuse to tell this story.

That's what I suspected. I thought of doing something guided to avoid some of the problems , even though I really dislike guided stuff. Would you recommend it, if everything would have gone well? Was it interesting enough to dedicate 1/3 or 1/4 of your Krakow stay? Would I miss out on other, better things?

 

[A Cat in a Minefield]

Only if you take pictures and post them here

If I go, I'll try to think about it, and document anything funny.

 

[Haloperidol]

That's what I suspected. I thought of doing something guided to avoid some of the problems , even though I really dislike guided stuff. Would you recommend it, if everything would have gone well? Was it interesting enough to dedicate 1/3 or 1/4 of your Krakow stay? Would I miss out on other, better things?

I think if you’re already in Krakow it’s worth going. Something so widely discussed and opined on is worth seeing with your own eyes.

 

[biozeminadae1]

If you're a Jew...

 

[A Cat in a Minefield]

I think if you’re already in Krakow it’s worth going. Something so widely discussed and opined on is worth seeing with your own eyes.

Thanks, appreciate it!

 

[eatler]

If I go, I'll try to think about it, and document anything funny.

I hope your camera will have a decent amount of data, bring multiple SD cards just incase.

 

[Involuntary Celebrity]

It is a whole day trip, I don’t know if getting there and back from Krakow is always a pain in the ass but it was for me. I had to stand in a crowded bus for the whole 3-hour journey back. So if you go, go early, or take anything but the bus.

i heard the trains are also pretty packed too tho

 

[Poppavalyim Andropoff]

i heard the trains are also pretty packed too tho

Luckily you get a shower to wash the stranger stank off as soon as you get there

 

[User names must be unique]

Nah I hate tacky tourist spots and their funnelling people through the gift shop like it some sort of hall of cost.

 

[dick brain]

Bring a calculator.

 

[Otis Mallebrok]

It’s also the strangest place I’ve bought and eaten a pizza.

Its not that strange when you think about it. They have all the ovens there.

 

[Moths]

Nah I hate tacky tourist spots and their funnelling people through the gift shop like it some sort of hall of cost.

when I was on tour they spent 10 minutes berating us and reminding us that we have to be sad and somber and arent allowed to have fun

leave it up to a german to ban having fun

 

[Alex Hogendorp]

If you do. Bring this costume with you. A cook a pizza while you're at it.

 

[Sillyclown]

Sure go for it. You could also visit the polish national theme park wheile you're there.

 

[A Cat in a Minefield]

I have been to Auschwitz and wrote something up. I'd like to post it in a dedicated thread. Not sure where to post it though.
I thought about posting it in A&N but I'm not citing anything, so probably not.
Mass debates?

 

[A Cat in a Minefield]

I posted it in general. If someone is interested: Thread