These are some of the ovens at The Auschwitz-Berkinau concentration camp in Poland. During WWII, when Jewish prisoners were brought to the camp in cattle cars by rail, they were sorted. The…
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Sinalau Bakas below Mount Kinabalu
We hired the young man who was our Grab driver, Elliott, to take us to Kinabalu Park. You may recall seeing a video of the beautiful Mount Kinabalu with annoying screaming in…
Japanese POW Camp in Sandakan
In 1879, the British North Borneo Company chose Sandakan as its capital. The city flourished, but fell into the hands of the Japanese during WWII. Allied soldiers in Singapore surrendered in 1942….
The Dohány Street Synagogue Tour
His grandfather burnt all the family’s papers in order to hide their Jewish identity to protect the few that survived. Our guide only found out he is Jewish at 15.
An Unplanned Visit
Every planned activity for the day was mired with unpleasantness. The one place we were nudged towards, by whom, I don’t know, turned out to be way more profound than I expected.