Terezin

Its hard to describe a place like Terezin because everywhere you look there is some unsettling piece of history waiting to tell its story. The Terezin camp was mainly a holding camp for the Nazi troops, but that doesn't mean that violence wasn't prevalent. The guards and S.S. soldiers at Terezin could still march the prisoners off and through the tunnel that was the gate to their death. Many prisoners were shot at point blank range and then their bodies may have been put in one of the two mass graves that we learned about while at the camp. Although this type of history can be hard to take in, I find it important that we learn about it and visit the camp since we are in the area. I liked this tour and found it very informational, even though it is not the most pleasant thing to witness.