Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]old cemetaries fascinate ric On Jan 6, 2014, at 5:06 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Wroc?aw, where I was born (and where my sister still lives), was known as > Breslau until 1945 and was one of the most important cities in Germany. In > fact, its importance was such that Hitler gave the order in the winter > 1944/45 that the city was to be defended to the last man. As a result, the > city was virtually levelled before it was finally taken by the Red Army in > March 1945. Miraculously, two of the three Jewish cemeteries survived (the > last one was destroyed by the Nazis before the war). Yesterday, we visited > the older of the two, with graves from the late 18th century to 1940 or > so. Knowing what happened later, it was quite a moving visit. I just put > up a small set (8 images) to give you a feel for the place and the history > of the city of my birth: > > http://www.greatpix.eu/Other/Old-Jewish-cemetery-in-Wroclaw/ > > Today, Wroc?aw is a vibrant city of 700,000 inhabitants, one of the real > success stories of the new Poland. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > Blog: > http://www.nathansmusings.eu/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information