Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Terezin: Concentration Camp
On Saturday, we went to the Terezin concentration camp. I was very surprised how big the place was. I also did not realize that it was built by Austrian emperor Joseph II. I learned that Gavrilo Princip was imprisoned there and saw the cell he was placed in. The building itself had so much history. We also went into a tunnel were ammo was once stored. It was also mind blowing how little the rooms were and how many people were placed in holding. Seeing it in person put a lot of things into perspective.
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As a student we attended lectures where they focused on concentration camps in our general edyaction courses; and how it had affected the minority (ethnic groups) during certain Era''s. I find this museum not only intriguing, and eye-opener which exposed me to have a greater understanding of what and how the camps were used. The reasons the goverenment used concentration camps for during these era's. Majority of the government at the time was used these camps in their best intrest even if it degraded, oppressed, harmed or killed certain ethnic groups for the greater good of their country. I thought it was intresting that this site were used for so many different facilities.
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