Auschwitz and Birkenau

Today was a tough day. We visited the concentration/death camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau, where 1.5 million people were tortured, starved, hanged, gassed, and burned. It makes it even more real to see where it happened, and learn about the lives of the people who suffered at the hands of the Nazis. I can't say anymore, except that sometimes learning new things is not enjoyable, but necessary nonetheless. If we don't bother to learn about history, we cannot change the future.