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I assumed pretty recent. The graphic narrative is hard work, I actually read it in a friend's blog who'd taken the trouble to write it out in text, it was more digestible
I think things are dramatically different from 30 years ago, but also rather different from even 10 years ago.
hoefla-
Thanks.
That's fair enough.
I can only imagine that it has changed shedloads since I was last there.
As well as in the last 10 years.
In many ways it is an ever-evolving experience.
Those who saw it in 1962 won't view it with the same eyes as those who saw it in 1991, and so on, ad infinatum.
Without stating the bleedin' obvs. -
I gave up when I thought I'd got the gist.
JurekB
root
I cannot see it on your post/link, but I'm curious to know the approximate dates on which your reviewer visited.
FWIW I have heard from people who have visited years after I did, that 'things' were less than ideal for tourists, from a tactful, respectful, informative point of view.
I visited at Easter. Given that Easter is a big religious festival in Poland, the crowd numbers weren't especially high, as most people would've been doing eggy things.
I've the advantage of fluency and literacy in the language.
On that basis we dispensed with the services of any guided tours and relied on the printed material provided.
Not having been (I nearly said 'shackled to') - associated with any formal tour group, allowed us a bit more freedom to explore the camp, most of which wasn't secured or fenced off from the areas intended for tourists.
At the time, maybe 5%, maybe 10% of the total number of buildings in the camp had been converted into the then present day museum. Which had regularly refurbished galleries, well lit, clean, and all the AV and media kit one would expect of a contemporary museum / visitors centre.
Jo and I ventured into some of the other buildings, some of which (we reckon) hadn't had much (if any) intervention since 1945.
Essentially, they were derelict.
We went into a couple of the basements.
We didn't stay long.
I was about to sum up and relate what my feelings about my visit are, some 30 years on.
I'm not sure that there's any point in doing so.
@root - take from your visit, what it most means to you.
It isn't the sort of thing that you can say to someone 'Enjoy it!'