KYIV, Ukraine—Monday marks
the 75th anniversary of the day Soviet soldiers liberated Auschwitz, Nazi
Germany’s largest concentration and extermination camp. At Auschwitz, the Nazis
murdered more than 1 million men, women, and children, mostly Jews, during the
Holocaust.
I have been to Auschwitz
only once. It was a long time ago, in February of 2006.
I lived in Paris at the
time, attending graduate school at the Sorbonne as part of a military
fellowship before Air Force pilot training.
We had a few weeks off in February, so a friend and I embarked on a road trip across Eastern Europe. In Prague, we split up for a few days. …read more
Source:: The Daily Signal