tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633305830995453420.post2230185538826890470..comments2023-03-22T03:03:19.776-07:00Comments on European Adventures: Mauthausen Concentration CampChuck and Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02649031531569261648noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633305830995453420.post-898114284565065392010-04-21T16:32:44.265-07:002010-04-21T16:32:44.265-07:00This is the first time I've gone public with t...This is the first time I've gone public with this. <br />My mother was a surgical nurse, a first lieutenant about to become captain in a field hospital outside of London during WWII. According to her doctors she was top-notch. <br />She saw everything, she never flinched. Later she confessed to me that when no one was looking, she wuld collapse on a chair somewhere.<br />The soldiers from theElisabettanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633305830995453420.post-55300047377451895882010-04-11T00:36:12.946-07:002010-04-11T00:36:12.946-07:00Karin,
We talked a lot about how to handle this da...Karin,<br />We talked a lot about how to handle this day, knowing it would be grim. We decided on the drive through the Wachau Valley so we could decompress. It turned out very well with the sun coming out and the beauty of the small towns along the way. There is always hope.<br />ClaireChuck and Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02649031531569261648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633305830995453420.post-44417606010893411042010-04-10T23:25:25.680-07:002010-04-10T23:25:25.680-07:00I give you credit in going to (any) concentration ...I give you credit in going to (any) concentration camp. We were thinking of going to the one outside Prague called Terezin - a supposedly "model camp" to show off how well the Nazi's treated people! But it was a "cover" and horrible things went on there as well. I spent so much time in the cemeteries in Prague that by the time we thought of going I was absolutely not in Karinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10581267953153114816noreply@blogger.com