They showed us a documentary about the camp and then we could walk through =
it. The barracks had verry little furniture other than the bunk beds. We =
walked through the gas chamber and the crematorium. It was all rather =
eerie, especially with the morning mist still hanging over =
everything.
I’ve seen quite a bit of footage from the concentration camps before, but =
being able to walk through the actual camp puts things into a bit more =
perspective. The fact that it is now winter means the entire camp and =
surrounds are covered in snow. Most people didn’t have much more than a =
thin cotton shirt and pants to wear all year round. Winter must have been =
terrible.
Mauthausen is also notorious for its quarry were people had to carry out =
the chunks of rock. Often someone would slip and humans and rocks would =
tumble down the stairs. They also executed a number of people by pushing =
them into the quarry.
This also happend to be our first opportunity to play in the snow, but no =
one was really in the mood given our location.