Although much of my time in Poland was dominated by studying the Holocaust, particularly visiting Auschwitz and Auschwitz- Birkenau death camps, it would be misleading to suggest that this is all there is to see when visiting Krakow.  Beyond the concentration camps, Krakow offers visitors a chance to stroll their immense, yet incredibly quaint medieval…

“The scars of the outrage would remain with us forever, and in the memories of those who saw it, and in the places where it occurred and in the stories that we should tell of it.”– Primo Levi, The Truce Over the course of three days, we were to visit Auschwitz and Auschwitz-Birkenau; two Nazi concentration…

“Antisemitism is just fear of the unknown” our guide explained to us as we stared in disbelief at the remnants of the old walls of the Jewish Ghetto where thousands of Jews were forcefully crammed into to live on March 3, 1941.   We all know the eventual conclusion, which has fortunately led to a…