I find my native language more interesting and beautiful than English, it's part of my nation's history and I think many people from other countries share this opinion about their own languages. Disappearance of all the languages except for some one, chosen, would make world lack variety. What about poetry, cultural inheritance? Languages affect people's way of thinking and expressing themselves. World would be boring without all the weird and difficult languages, even if it would be easier to live in such a world.
Well I got back from Auschwitz and I have to admit, I had thought it would have affected me more. It was really scary, but most of the place is too filled with all those signs, photos, I think they should have left it as it used to be, maybe with minor changes. There were some really moving parts though. There are those cabinets with hair, you know. 20 tons of hair. More than you can imagine, hair of dead people killed by Nazis. Enormous cabinets with children's shoes, suitcases with names and birthdates written on them (Nazis made their victims sign their things before death), some of small children. Piles of prothesises. I was also to Auschwitz II - Birkenau and it moved me much more. While Auschwitz looks like city district full of brick houses, Birkenau is 20 or 30x bigger field with really empty filling - only some wooden barracks and watchtowers. Those empty barracks with such a darkness inside. And it was so cold there! All of us, visitors, were wearing tons of clothes, sweaters, jackets, warm boots. However, still - we were trembling all the time. Most of the people were walking hugged to each other, with shivers. So think of those poor prisoners who could wear only some thin clothes and wooden shoes, even if there was snow everywhere. All of this is horrible, you know, but I'm pleased that I saw it with my own eyes.
Hey guys, have any of you been to the concentration camp in Auschwitz? Would you like to see it with your own eyes? what have you heard about it? Myself, I'm going there on Wednesday to see everything and I'm pretty scared, don't know what to expect. I've heard it's like one huge cemetery.
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