{"id":3176,"date":"2012-12-30T23:44:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-30T23:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/2012\/12\/30\/the-road-to-terezin"},"modified":"2021-09-25T05:46:44","modified_gmt":"2021-09-25T12:46:44","slug":"the-road-to-terezin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=3176","title":{"rendered":"the road to Terezin"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I need to write this while the thoughts are fresh, haunting…..
I showered this morning to try and stave off the cold of yesterday, scrubbing my skin red raw.
I can not get Terezin off my mind. It’s barbed wired fence traps my thoughts, yet better than the horrors that were enslaved behind these walls between 1941 to 1945.\n

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As the bus rumbles down the beautiful Prague countryside in the early morning light, our guide Sylvie (native Czech Jew born and raised under Communism and survivor of the post-Holocaust trauma), shares pictures of relatives and survivors of Terezin. My fingers tremble as I hold each photo and stare into their eyes. The oldest survivor is 108 years old, living in Praha today.<\/p>\n

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So many emotions and stories to tell, far too many for one post. I need time to come to grips with the experience. Terezin can be no more than a square mile wide…I look down it’s longest road and can see the fortress walls.<\/p>\n

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The colorful facade of the buildings is a stark contrast to the chill in the air….<\/p>\n

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as I enter the Paradise Ghetto of the Terezin Nazi transit camp.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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