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Post 16 Students Visit Auschwitz Concentration Camp

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a7In March,  two Post 16 students from Clyst Vale were able to visit the Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Poland. The students, Kellie Ayres and Vimbai Mukonoweshuro, had attended two seminars in Exeter before their visit to prepare them for the sights they were going to see. They also met a survivor of the Holocaust. Kellie and Vimbai found it a very emotional experience but a visit that they will never forget.

1.1 million people died at Auschwitz, 90% of them Jewish.  Year 9 students at Clyst Vale are very fortunate; Kellie and Vimbai are going into every History group to tell the students about Auschwitz and to show them photos. Some of their photos are included below.

The girls’ PowerPoint starts with a quote from George Santayana –

“THOSE WHO DO NOT LEARN HISTORY ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT”

Suitcases taken from victims as they arrived. There are original cases many with the names of their owners.
Suitcases taken from victims as they arrived. There are original cases many with the names of their owners.

 

Shoes taken from the victims before they were killed in the gas chambers. Again these are all from the vicims. They are kept in two huge sheds.
Shoes taken from the victims before they were killed in the gas chambers. Again these are all from the vicims. They are kept in two huge sheds.

 

 

Barbed wire and machine gun towers. Both Kellie and Vimbai were surprised at how huge the area was. Auschwitz was in fact three massive prison and death camps.
Barbed wire and machine gun towers. Both Kellie and Vimbai were surprised at how huge the area was. Auschwitz was in fact three massive prison and death camps.

 

 

A toilet block. No flushing toilets of course and no washing facilities. One of the jobs given to prisoners was to empty out the toilets. This was seen as quite a good job to get as at least by doing this work you were spared from the gas chambers.
A toilet block. No flushing toilets of course and no washing facilities. One of the jobs given to prisoners was to empty out the toilets. This was seen as quite a good job to get as at least by doing this work you were spared from the gas chambers.

 

Walls of photos of the victims of the worst genocide in human history,
Walls of photos of the victims of the worst genocide in human history.

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