Thoughts on visiting Auschwitz

I am frightened by the specter of German Nazi cruelty.

I am disappointed that there wasn’t more resistance.

I am angry that the world knew, and didn’t intervene.

I am depressed by, but numb to, the ceaseless violence that humans inflict on humans.

At US parks, take only photographs and leave only footprints. At Auschwitz, take only anguish and leave only tears.

Donna and I both lost family members in the holocaust, probably there. We walked away from the group to say Kaddish privately. I couldn’t get to the end.

Lenny