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EMOTION
IT IS CUSTOMARY FOR POLISH CHILDREN TO VISIT OSWIECIM ON THEIR
VACATION.
DURING WORLD WAR II, THIS WAS THE CONCENTRATION CAMP WHERE GERMAN
SOLDIERS KILLED 4,OOO,OOO POLISH PRISONERS. THIS IS A SHRINE THAT
MUST BE VISITED OUT OF RESPECT AND LOVE FOR THE DEAD.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- War |
Date learned: 04-03-1979