Here, I sometimes ramble.
Welcome to my occasional travel blog and other miscellany. I’m happy you’re here, and I apologize for the mercurial posting schedule.
Posts
- The green house at Sobibór
- Majdanek, and the weather
- “Here lies a human being”, Treblinka.
- Poland, the storks, and a great Ukrainian poet
- Ostrów Mazowiecka and Commemoration (or the lack thereof)
- Bełżec, and the numbers
- Kazimierz Dolny
- Well. That’s unsettling.
- What is said and seen: Reflections on Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Some caveats before Poland
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Kazimierz Dolny
There seems to be no space in Poland untouched by the genocide. In Kazimierz Dolny, there are echos and traces.
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Well. That’s unsettling.
In Kazimierz Dolny, every tourist stand sells a version of the “Lucky Jew” folderal. I now know the word for these trinkets because I came back to our swank hotel and googled “What’s the deal with the antisemitic tourist items in Poland”?
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What is said and seen: Reflections on Auschwitz-Birkenau
So what of Auschwitz-Birkenau as place? How does it manifest as witness, for me? When I got home, I realized I saw Auschwitz Birkenau through its trees…
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Some caveats before Poland
My posts will get heavy from here on out. I imagine I will have a lot to share, and in advance of that, caveat emptor etc. This post serves as a disclaimer, of sorts.
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Politics everywhere, all the time
I’m on the other side of my time in Amsterdam and Den Haag, with one day left and it’s a work day, not a tourist day. I leave for Poland on Saturday. Mostly for family and friends who are probably wondering why I’m not posting about my trip like usual on Facebook, this post includes odds and ends.
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On Photography
The act of using a camera requires composition. Thought must be given to the images taken with an older camera because they aren’t as out-of-the-box user friendly as a cell phone camera. The camera is only a camera and nothing else. It is a means by which to see the world in a very specific way.