Ateret Cope
As soon as I stepped into the living room of my mishpachton, Eleanor ran up to me screaming, “Are you the Pittsburgheet?” with a huge grin across her face. At […]
Salt Mine, Plaszow, and Closing Today we went to the salt mine outside Kraków. It was amazing to see the sculptures and to consider how much and how hard […]
Tour of Kraków Our first main stop today was outside Schindler’s enamelware factory. There, Jonty told us of […]
Auschwitz-Birkenau Auschwitz one was powerful, but at times it didn’t feel like a former concentration camp. At times, it felt like a display. Tourist groups crowded every area that […]
Starachowice And Kielce Today we went with Howard to his hometown of Starachowice. Of the few survivors still alive from Starachowice, Howard is the only one who comes […]
Today we went to Howard’s hometown, their local civic center, and the place where the pogrom took place. I did not expect everything to move me the way it had. […]
Today we will be going to my dad’s home town and meet with the Mayor and other dignitaries. We are with a group of about 80. It is necessary for […]
Shoes. Everything leads back to the shoes in our minds today as we walked through Majdanek. To walk through each room and think that someone stayed, rested or bathed in […]
Majdanek When the bus first pulled into Majdanek, I only saw Barbwire fences. Then, as either the bus or my head turned, I saw the dark buildings in the […]
Majdanak Concentration Camp. I’ve read dozens of books and seen hundreds of images of gas chambers and crematoria. I knew they existed, but, until today, I knew like I knew […]