July 13, 2016

This morning we took a tour on a golf cart to three parts of Krakow: The Jewish quarter, the Old Town and Market square and the last one was the Jewish Ghetto and Shindler's Factory. Here are some photos from the Old Town and market square. 

In the afternoon we went to Aushvietz concentration camp and Birkenau death camp. My parents both miraculously survived Aushvietz. 

The sign in German means if you work hard you will survive, but in reality the Nazis wanted to kill all the Jews and anyone else who was not Arayian. 

The rail road tracks were used to transport millions of Jews in cable cars. 

Next we went to Birkenau where no one survived. 

Below is the crematorium where they poisoned the prisoners and burned them to ashes. The Germans burned these down before liberation so there would be no evidence left! 

My mother showed such amazing strength and courage to go back to Aushvitz . Her goal was to search for a photo of her brother there. Unfortunately we searched the photos on the walls and there was not a photo of Israel Sruelik. She said good bye to him today! We would have loved to have met him and i know all of us would have loved him. 

On a positive note the Rabbi and the young professionals from New York's J. Roots Journey sent us the following photos: 

1. My family with all of them at the synagogue in Piotrokov 

2.) all the young adults  and Rabbi visiting our grandmother's grave site in The Lodz Cemetery. They said prayers to lift her soul! We were all so touched by this loving act of kindness.