Poland: Past and Present

Auschwitz
arbeit macht frei

Above:  The entrance into Auschwitz.  You can sort of make out the gate that reads Arbeit macht frei, German for "Work makes one free."  Below left: Inside the gas chamber.  Below right: Inside the crematorium, in the same building as the gas chamber.
gas chamber crematorium

Modern Poland
Krakow
Warsaw

Left: St. Mary's Cathedral in Krakow.  The towers are different because they were designed by two competing brothers.
Above.  Warsaw's main city square.  The Polish national palace is on the right.
Below left:  Robert and I at a memorial to the Polish composer Chopin.
Below right:  Me with my Polish hosts George (can't remember his Polish name) and his mom, taken in their flat.