Auschwitz, Is this true???

Yo no me creo in brujas pero que las hay, las hay!

"I don't believe in witches, now whether they exist, yes they do!" - Spanish saying

There is testimony in this thread that birds do sing in Auschwitz, the matter is closed for me.

 

Its probably as someone else suggested, if you're not listening you don't hear it.

If I go I will try and remember to listen and then will know either way, and post my impressions.

 

I have been to Aushwitz and I can tell you this is an ubran myth. Animals have no empthy to human suffering.

 

When I visited Auschwitz and Berkenau in January 2010 there were birds sitting in trees above the small gas chamber/ovens in Auschwitz.
There was no animal life on view at the larger camp.
There was no bird song audible at either place , however, it was -24C !!

I have to say the larger camp with it's forest of chimneys left a lasting impression on me. Such a heart wrenching feeling to stand on those tracks and imagine that just a short distance away a complete stranger would determine your fate.....Ugh!

 

I have been to Aushwitz and I can tell you this is an ubran myth. Animals have no empthy to human suffering.

That's an opinion, not a fact. I do think they have empathy, in fact scientist and other professionals know that they have it towards other animals and I've experienced it myself.

But besides that, I'm reading just how many posters have visited some of these camps. I know that's something I could not do being I'm highly sensitive and also an empath.

 

When I visited Auschwitz and Berkenau in January 2010 there were birds sitting in trees above the small gas chamber/ovens in Auschwitz.
There was no animal life on view at the larger camp.
There was no bird song audible at either place , however, it was -24C !!

I have to say the larger camp with it's forest of chimneys left a lasting impression on me. Such a heart wrenching feeling to stand on those tracks and imagine that just a short distance away a complete stranger would determine your fate.....Ugh!

Did the place still smell? Being that it was so cold I'm guessing not....maybe.

 

There are birds at Auschwitz-Birkenau I have seen and heard them , having said that the site does have an atmosphere which is tangible.

 

I too was cynical about these statements but soon changed my mind when I visited Belsen. It really was eerily silent. not a single bird in the trees or sky and this was in the heat of summer.

 

Hi Frank,

Interesting topic to start with but the myth has already been busted mate.

See post 72 of this thread on page 8. Or click here:
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahb8Maem5bg&feature=fvw[/YOUTUBE]

Birds are clearly heard and as Owen said, you can see a Sparrow at 4 mins in.

No birds at Auschwitz? Pft :p

 

I'll be there on 3rd May. Will keep my eyes and ears open

 

Not a tweet to be heard. Mind you it was raining so hard I never bothered to listen. Pictures to follow later

 

I visited Auschwitz/Birkenau in May 2009. Sorry to spoil an old legend but there were plenty of birds and wildlife in evidence, in both camps. I think you'r so focused on what the place is all about that, you just dont see other things.

[YOUTUBE]hJX8wTudrPc[/YOUTUBE]

I created this after I came home. It's an experience I'll never forget.
[There's a bird in the road at 2:36....]


Andrew

 

Thanks for that Andrew. Very moving video.

Lesley

 

I was in a lorry passing Belsen, I didnt know it at the time. It was a stinking hot day. Suddenly I began to freeze, it was really cold. I commented on this and one of the lads said we are passing Belsen. Afterwards it returned to the hot weather all around here!

Another time, visiting Belsen itself, I noted that all was quiet, no birds, no insects, a feeling of 'something' hung over the place, something not nice.

Since the advent of the net, I have researched Belsen thoroughly, for my site, no wonder it was a horrible sense of doom.

 

Another time, visiting Belsen itself, I noted that all was quiet, no birds, no insects, a feeling of 'something' hung over the place, something not nice.
Wow! No insects. Amazing! Amazing eyesight too.

 

strikes me as very similar experiences of Belsen and Kranji in Singapore. There is main roads very close ,but hardly a sound can be heard inside the grounds.

 

Wow! No insects. Amazing! Amazing eyesight too.

I WAS IN THE Concentration Camp, walking around. Jeez, some people. And before you ask yes, I DID take this picture. In 1986.