Day 2: We went to the Yeshiva of Lublin, it was regarded as the Harvard of Yeshivas. We had Shacharit there and studied a portion of Talmud. We then went to the grave of the Josre of Lublin who prophesied that in 100 years, Poland would be taken over and his prophecy came true. After that, we drove to Majdanek, our first concentration camp. Majdanek was so close to the city, that prisoners were forced to walk there from the citys train station. 150,000 people were murdered in Majdanek. The picture below is a memorial dedicated to the people killed there. It Is a mound built of human ash of who knows how many people covered by a dome. Another picture is a picture of a statue with birds flying away made by prisoners. The Nazis thought it was to beautify the camp, but the prisoners filled the base of the statue with ashes, it was the first built memorial of life lost there, while the camp was in operation. The prisoners did whatever they could to resist, they worked a minimum amount to stay alive and to not provide resources for the Germans. When we left the camp, we stood at the memorial and said Kaddish, moving everyone to tears. We then departed for Kraków, and on the way stopped at a destroyed synagogue, only renovated with a roof on top to protect it, two picture below are the Modeh Ani on the wall of the synagogue, and one is the Ark. It was incredible to pray there, and bring life back to that synagogue.
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 08:10:04 +0000
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