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School trip to Auschwitz - opimnions

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forsale · 19/09/2007 15:19

dd has brought a letter home from school re: a visit to Krakow with a view to visiting Auschwitz - Does anyone have experience of this?

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Cammelia · 19/09/2007 15:35

My dd aged 10+ knows about the Holocaust but I think a school visit to Auschwitz would be far too harrowing

belgo · 19/09/2007 15:34

If she goes with her firends, I should think they will help each other through the experience.

hana · 19/09/2007 15:33

haven't been there, but visited Hiroshima in Japan and that was incredibly disturbing.....I was about 25.

bossykate · 19/09/2007 15:33

here is the website here

expatinscotland · 19/09/2007 15:32

It would depend on the child, I think.

bossykate · 19/09/2007 15:31

i will see if i can get my dh on to answer this. he is a holocaust scholar who has visited auschwitz.

i think it's a safe bet it will be a disturbing visit for your dd.

how much does she know about the holocaust already?

visiting krakow should be fun - isn't it a beautiful medieval city?

madamez · 19/09/2007 15:30

I have been to a camp museum in Belgium. They are eerie, upsetting places. Does your DD want to go on the trip? Is she the type who will have nightmares for months? It will certainly be thought-provoking for her.

FrannyandZooey · 19/09/2007 15:30

Ooh blimey I would be very unsure

it is harrowing beyond belief from what i have heard

Bessie123 · 19/09/2007 15:27

Don't know if this is what you want to hear, but I went on a trip to a concentration camp in the Czech republic when I was 17 and it gave me nightmares for weeks.

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forsale · 19/09/2007 15:26

sorry - she's 14 year 10

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bossykate · 19/09/2007 15:25

how old is your dd?