Germany was really neat and much different than Italy. The history was much more recent. This was by far the hardest and most eye-opening day of the trip. We went to the concentration camp at Dachau, the first camp that was open in Germany. On this trip it was about 60 degrees out and because I forgot to pack pants I was wearing shorts and a t-shirt. I was cold but it was hard to really complaing about anything when you are standing where innocent people once stood. Where they were tortured, starved, and beaten for no reason. I feel blessed everyday to live in America knowing that brave soldiers fight for my freedom. I also feel grateful to the men and woman who liberated the camp at Dachau and save countless lives that could have been killed by Hitler. If you have time, look up the history of concentration camps or go to this website about Dachau. http://www.scrapbookpages.com/DachauScrapbook/KZDachau/Gatehouse.html
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| The gate says... "Work Brings Freedom." The Nazi Party tricked local citizens telling them the camp was a work camp where people could gain there freedom. The locals did not know that they were working the prisoners to death. |
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| This is where thousands of prisoners would line up and have to stand for over hours for "Roll Call" to count who was there and still alive. |
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| A prisoners closet and clothes. |
This was our 3rd trip to New Germany to do some cross-country skiing in the park. The park has a cross-country ski grant by the lake. It's a well disposed family-run procedure. They'll let you your skis, deal you some homemade chili, and let you hang around the wood fired stove going warm and playing games.
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