Indeed. I was at Dachau this summer, and it's not quite Auschwitz, but it's a horrific place. Everyone should go to these places and see what voting for far-right parties brings.
When I was cycling Eastern Europe I went to sobibor camp eastern Poland, not planned, just cycling through the village and saw the sign, bit eerie on the mile or so down the track through the woods, the weather was boiling hot, as I walked from the car park it got colder and colder, whether or not that was me because I knew what happened there, or it was the area causing it, I don’t know, but there was an atmosphere and me being the only person there didn’t help, only stayed about 10 minutes, I couldn’t do any longer, and I was a lot quicker down the track through the woods than I was going in.
I’ve done Auschwitz as well, did cry where they walk you through the floor to ceiling clothes, shoes, spectacles, suitcases, kitchenware and hair! The guide said that was all from the last week of operation before it was closed, thats when the industrial amount of deaths hits you, you hear the numbers and think that’s a lot, it seeing floor to ceiling pile of spectacles each from a single person really puts it into perspective.
If you’re going to visit, there’s a good hotel right opposite the car park, and go visit the town centre surprisingly tourist free, full of old buildings and a bit of traditional Poland I guess
